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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. 2. Beware of Dogs.
VERS. 2. Beware of Dogges.
IN this general exhortation, Consider first the persons to whom it is directed;1 To all the Philippians, not only to the Pastor, but even to the common Christians, They must beware of false Teachers. ⟨p. 21⟩Is it so? Then surely they ought to take notice of them, and to know them, and therefore they ought to have rules to discern them by. Christs sheep they discern between a wolf, and a shepherd, Joh. 10.45. His sheep discern an Heretic, or false-teacher, from those that are true shepherds in the main points of Christian Religion, and therefore, 1 Joh. 4.1.2 He bids all in general, to try the spirits: and the Apostle, 1 Thes. 5.21. bids them prove all things, and hold fast the good: if they were then all of them bound to try, and prove, they were no doubt bound to know the rules, by which they were to try, which rules are only laid down in the word of God.
IN this generall exhortation, Consider first the persons to whom it is directed;1 To all the Philippians, not only to the Pastor, but even to the common Christians, They must beware of false Teachers. ⟨p. 21⟩Is it so? Then surely they ought to take notice of them, and to know them, and therefore they ought to have rules to discerne them by. Christs sheepe they discerne between a wolfe, and a shepherd, Ioh. 10.45. His sheepe discerne an Heretike, or false-teacher, from those that are true shepherds in the maine points of Christian Religion, and therefore,