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An exposition of the third chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the…
An exposition of the third chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians also two sermons of Christian watchfulness. The first upon Luke 12 37. The second upon Revel. 16.15. An exposition of part of the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philip. A sermon upon Mal. 4. 2.3. By the late reverend divine Richard Sibbes, D.D. master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Gray's-Inn.An exposition of the third chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians also two sermons of Christian watchfulnesse. The first upon Luke 12 37. The second upon Revel. 16.15. An exposition of part of the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philipp. A sermon upon Mal. 4. 2.3. By the late reverend divine Richard Sibbes, D.D. master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne.
London: printed by T. Cotes and John Dawson for Peter Cole, 1639
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VERS. 3. And rejoice in Christ.
VERS. 3. And rejoyce in Christ.
The word rejoice, implies a boasting, or glorying of the heart, manifesting it self in outward countenance and gesture; as also, in speech, it also implies a resting on, and contenting in, the thing we glory in: proceeding from an assurance, that we glory in a thing worthy of glory, for they are fools that delight in babbles. Observe hence therefore,
THe word rejoyce, implyes a boasting, or glorying of the heart, manifesting it selfe in outward countenance and gesture; as also, in speech, it also implies a resting on, and contenting in, the thing we glory in: proceeding from an assurance, that we glory in a thing worthy of glory, for they are fooles that delight in bables. Observe hence therefore,
1That those that will worship Christ aright, must glory in him: For the worship of Christ is a thing that requires encouragement, and nothing can work this encouragement like the glorying in Christ: and therefore Paul in the first part of his Epistle to the Romans, having showed that God had elected them freely, and ⟨p. 53⟩had begun the work of sanctification in their hearts: he comes in the 12. Chapter: I beseech you (saith he) present your selves as a holy, living, and acceptable sacrifice, to God. And in