A12184:529
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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Fourthly, there are another sort of enemies, §4such as cast not themselves on the merits of Christs cross, those whose consciences were never convict of sin: abundance there are, who glory in their proud presumptuous swaggering courses, showing that they are either blind or stark mad; they wilfully run to ⟨p. 193⟩perdition, they will not hear nor be controlled. Others that see their fore-passed life how wicked it hath bin, they are so far from casting themselves on Christs merits, as they despair, & grow more & more obstinate therein, even to their own destruction, either by not seeing the merits of Christ, or through want of confidence on them, though they see his righteousness to be above their sins: and some are so detestably wicked, as because they see no salve for them, they run desperately into a custom of sin, & continue therein to their death. As we would desire to avoid this fearful estate and condition, so let us take heed of custom of sinning, for that will make us senseless, and will move God to give us over. And therefore let us take heed that we receive no the grace of God in vain, it being so freely proffered to us. And to this end, know that so far as we suffer our lusts to over rule us & we not crucify them so far we are enemies. 1For while we know and consider Christ, as crucified for our sins, it will make us (if we have any grace) think of sin as of a thing that deserves to be crucified, and hate that, that caused the death of our deer Saviour, for they were the cruel tormenters of Christ. And if we embrace Christ, we shall have the same affection to sin that Christ had, for Christ will not lodge but in a hart humbled for sin. And the estate of those men is miserable, that are so far from crucifying lusts, as they thrust themselves upon all occasions of temptation and sin, and esteem them as their only enemies, ⟨p. 194⟩that tell them of their unchristian courses: Surely, however they may daub for a time, yet their outward profession will never administer sound comfort to them, but they shall find bitterness at their latter end.
Fourthly, there are another sort of enemies, §4