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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
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It stirs up shame to be offensive, in the eyes of such a one, especially if they be great, there is both love and respect meet together, where it is a reverential love with respect, there is a shame to be in a base, filthy, displeasing condition. ⟨p. 198⟩God hates pride and idolatry, &c. therefore a man that loves God, will hate Idols, and all false doctrine, and worship that tends this way: his heart will rise against them; because he knows God hates it, and all that take that course; he observes what is most offensive to God, and he will avoid it, and seek what is pleasing to him.
It stirres up shame to be offensive, in the eyes of such a one, especially if they be great, there is both love and respect meet together, where it is a reverentiall love with respect, there is a shame to bee in a base, filthy, displeasing cōdition. ⟨p. 198⟩God hates pride and idolatry, &c. therefore a man that loves God, will hate Idols, and all false doctrine, and worship that tends this way: his heart will rise against them; because hee knows God hates it, and all that take that course; he observes what is most offensive to God, and hee will avoyd it, and seeke what is pleasing to him.
God and Christ are wondrously pleased with faith. Thou ha•t wounded me with one of thine eyes. 1Faith, and love from faith wounds the breast of Christ: therefore let us labour for faith. Oh woman, great is thy faith. It it is such a grace, as binds and overcomes God, it honours him so much. Let us ⟨p. 199⟩therefore labour for faith, and in believing for all graces: they are things that God loves, therefore let us labour to be furnished with all things that he loves, especially those graces that have some excellency set upon them in the Scripture, we should most esteem. Isaac when he was to marry Rebecca, he sends her jewels beforehand, that having them, she might be more lovely in his eye. So Christ, the husband of his Church, that he might take more delight and content in his Church, he sends her Jewels before hand, that is, he enricheth his Church with the spirit of faith, meekness, humility and love, and all graces, that he may delight,