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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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I answer,1 no, this gain may be gotten; which is the thing I propound to speak of: Christ is a treasure in a field, if any one will seek he may find, we had a Saviour before we were borne, he was elected thereunto, and we to gain heaven through him; and he was manifested in the flesh in the fullness of time to encourage us, and Christ our gain calls us to buy without money, and invites us that are loaden with sin to come to him: Isa. 55.1. 2 Cor. 5.20. To this end, he appoints men to lay open his riches to allure us.
I answer,1 no, this gaine may be gotten; which is the thing I propound to speake of: Christ is a treasure in a field, if any one will seek he may finde, we had a Saviour before we were borne, he was elected thereunto, and we to gaine heaven through him; and he was manifested in the flesh in the fulnesse of time to incourage us, and Christ our gaine calles us to buy without mony, and invites us that are loaden with sinne to come to him: Isa. 55.1. 2 Cor. 5.20. To this end, he appoints men to lay open his riches to allure us.
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Secondly, we have the spirit, by which we lay §1hold on this gain ▪ if we depend on God by prayer for his spirit, and when we have gotten but a little portion of this gain, it makes our gains increase; to this end he gives us the Word and Sacraments: and this condemns those that live in the field where this pearl is, and have the ministry to show them it, and yet they do neglect this so great a jewel; and this ought to stir us up to magnify Gods goodness to us, who hath recovered us that were the lost sons of a lost father, and keeps us from returning back into our former natural estate.