A12184:649
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1For as in nature, the seed desires growth, every thing desires perfection, so much more in grace; where once it is settled, it continually desireth a more perfect estate, until the coming of Christ, when it cometh to the top and pitch thereof.
1For as in nature, the seed desires growth, every thing desires perfection, so much more in grace; where once it is setled, it continually desireth a more perfect estate, untill the comming of Christ, when it commeth to the top and pitch thereof.
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1Secondly, there is such a relation betwixt Christ and us, we being contracted to him here, as there is a continual longing for the consummation of this marriage, even as the time between the contract and the marriage is a continual longing.
1Secondly, there is such a relation betwixt Christ and us, wee being contracted to him here, as there is a continuall longing for the consummation of this marriage, even as the time betweene the contract and the marriage is a continuall longing.
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1Thirdly, our estate here is a warring and laborious estate, and a painful service, and therefore what marvel if a Sabbath, a peaceable, victorious, and triumphant estate be sweet, and to be desired.