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A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast
A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...A glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast wherein thou mayst taste and see those things which God hath prepared for them that love him / By R. Sibs ...
London: printed by E. G. for John Rothwell, 1638London: printed by E. G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1638
Contents: A Table of the Contents of this Book.Contents: A Table of the Contents of this Booke.
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.
A Table of the Contents of this Book.
A Table of the Contents of this Booke.
The Coherence. pag. 1 The best Ministers will not shun to be tried by the best judgements. p. 3. The scope of the words and explication. p. 5. The mystery of the Gospel hid from natural men. p. 6 The excellency of the Gospel declared by way of negation. 7. What is meant by those things that eye hath not seen. p. 11. Doct. God hath a company of beloved Children in the world that he means a special good unto. p. 12. Doct. That God hath prepared great matters for them idem, ⟨image 7⟩obj. If these excellent things in the Gospel be secret, how come we to know them? p. 14. Three degrees of revelation. p. 18. The Gospel is hid without the Spirit, discover the mind of God. p. 21. Use. of instruction to show there is no principle at all of the Gospel in nature. 23 Why so many heresies have sprung out of the Gospel. 24 2 Use. In Divine truths above nature we are not too much to trust to Beason. p. 26. 3 Use. How to study and read Divine truths. p. 28. The course that God takes to show his children these mysteries. p. 32 ⟨image 7⟩Supernatural objects require Supernatur all senses. p. 34 Knowledge joined with feeling p. 37. Of spiritual sight. p. 40 Nature cannot show divine mysteries. p. 41 Use. value things as they are in another world. p. 42 It is the best wisdom to be wise to salvation. p. 47 A ground of the Martyrs patience. p. 50 A godly man suffers those things in his senses for those things that are above his senses. p. 51 What Popery is. 52 Merit hath no proportion with Glory. 53 We cannot be too exact in holy duties. 54 Wisdom of God hid from wise men. 65 ⟨image 8⟩Wicked men talk of repentance, but do not repent. p. 61. A holy man feels sin heavy. p 62. Carnal men have the light. pag. 63. They know them but by a common light. p. 64. What true riches and beauty is. p. 69. Gods people have a taste of heaven before they come there. p. 71. What peace in heaven is. p. 72. How to come to know the things of heaven, reason from the less to the greater. p. 74. Joys of heaven are pure. p. 76. Heaven on earth. p. 77 Reasons why God hath prepared such great things in heaven. p. 80. We are not capable of the joys of heaven here. p. 87. Meditation of heaven steers a