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The excellency of the Gospel above the law Wherein the liberty of the sons…The excellencie of the Gospell above the law Wherein the liberty of the sonnes…
The excellency of the Gospel above the law Wherein the liberty of the sons of God is showed. With the image of their graces here, and glory hereafter. Which affords much comfort and great encouragement, to all such as begin timely, and continue constantly in the ways of God. By R. Sibbs, D.D. Mr. of Katherin Hall Cambridge, and preacher of Gray's-Inn, London. Begun in his life time, and published by T.G. and P.N.The excellencie of the Gospell above the law Wherein the liberty of the sonnes of God is shewed. With the image of their graces here, and glory hereafter. Which affords much comfort and great incouragement, to all such as begin timely, and continue constantly in the wayes of God. By R. Sibbs, D.D. Mr. of Katherin Hall Cambridge, and preacher of Grayes-Inne, London. Begun in his life time, and published by T.G. and P.N.
London: printed by Tho. Cotes and John Dawson, 1639
Excellency of the GOSPEL above the LAW. › PartExcellency of the GOSPEL above the LAVV. › Part
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There be degrees of glory, there is glory begun ⟨p. 537⟩here in grace, and there is the glory of the soul after death, and the glory, both of soul and body, for ever in heaven, and these make way one to another. A Christian is glorious while he lives, and he grows in glory while he lives, he is more glorious when he dyes, for then his soul hath perfectly the image of Christ stamped upon it; but he is most glorious at the day of resurrection, when body and soul shall be glorious, when he shall put down the very Sun it self, all glory shall be nothing to the glory of the Saints, They shall shine as the Sun in the firmament. ⟨p. 538⟩And indeed there will be no glory but the glory of Christ, and of his Spouse, all other glory shall vanish and come to nothing, but the glory of the King of Heaven, and his Queen that he hath chosen to himself, to solace himself eternally with, when the spiritual marriage shall be accomplished they shall be for ever glorious together, why then should we be afraid of death? for then there shall be a further degree of glory of the soul, and after that a further degree of body and soul, when our bodies shall be conformable to the glorious body of Christ, when they shall be ⟨p. 539⟩spiritual, as it is in 1 Cor. 15. I beseech you therefore let us learn this to comfort our selves, against those darker times of dissolution, when we shall see an end of all other glory, all worldly glory shall end in the dust, and lie down in the grave, when we must say that rottenness is our Father, and the worm our Mother, we can claim no other kin in regard of our body, yet then we shall be more glorious in regard of our souls, Christ shall put a robe of glory upon us, and then afterward we shall be more glorious still.
There be degrees of glory, there is glory begunne ⟨p. 537⟩here in grace, and there is the glory of the soule after death, and the glory, both of soule and body, for ever in heaven, and these make way one to another. A Christian is glorious while he lives, and hee growes in glory while he lives, he is more glorious when he dyes, for then his soule hath perfectly the image of Christ stamped upon it; but he is most glorious at the day of resurrection, when body and soule shall be glorious, when he shall put downe the very Sunne it selfe, all glory shall be nothing to the glory of the Saints, They shall shine as the Sun in the firmament.