A12184:696
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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And therefore conclude, our soul is but a stranger here, we must entertain it well into this house of our body: its but a guest, use it not basely, its no ill guest, it gives us sight, taste, speech, motion, when it goes away, our body ⟨p. 238⟩[…] ⟨p. 239⟩[…] ⟨p. 238⟩[…] ⟨p. 239⟩[…] ⟨p. 240⟩is but a dumb, dull, base lump of earth. Nay, when it is gone whilst the body is in the ground the soul having a most vehement and earnest desire to be knit to it again, puts God continually in mind of raising it up at the last day of the general resurrection, and of glorifying it §2in a holy, eternal, and happy estate.
And therefore conclude, our soule is but a stranger here, wee must entertaine it well into this house of our bodie: its but a guest, use it not basely, its no ill guest, it gives us sight, taste, speech, motion, when it goes away, our body ⟨p. 238⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 239⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 238⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 239⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. 240⟩is but a dumbe, dull, base lumpe of earth. Nay, when it is gone whilst the body is in the ground the soule having a most vehement and earnest desire to be knit to it again, puts God continually in minde of raising it up at the last day of the generall resurrection, and of glorifying it