A12184:722
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. 21. That we may be fashioned like unto his glorious body.
VERS. 21. That wee may bee fashioned like unto his glorious bodie.
SO that Christ shall be the exemplary cause, as well as the efficient cause of our resurrection, for he is our head and our husband, and it is reason we should be suitable to him, and be ruled by him, he came not to make himself like us, but us like him; he first must be a King, blessed and anointed, and a son, the head makes us like to him, Kings, blessed and glorious, and sons: Enoch and Elijah, though before his real incarnation, yet they ascended by virtue of his resurrection, and so shall we, they are glorious like to him, so shall we in his good time and pleasure.1
SO that Christ shall be the exemplary cause, as well as the efficient cause of our resurrection, for he is our head and our husband, and it is reason we should bee sutable to him, and be ruled by him, he came not to make himselfe like us, but us like him; he first must be a King, blessed and anointed, and a sonne, the head makes us like to him, Kings, blessed and glorious, and sonnes: Enoch and Elias, though before his reall incarnation, yet they ascended by vertue of his resurrection, and so shall we, they are glorious like to him, so shall wee in his good time and pleasure.1
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