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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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HIDDEN SECRETS Revealed by the GOSPEL.
The second Sermon.
I. COR. 2. 9. As it is written, Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, &c.
I. COR. 2. 9. As it is written, Eye hath not seene nor eare heard, &c.
THE Apostle sets out the Gospel here with all the commendations that any skill in the world can be commended by.1 From the author of it, God. From the depth of it, it is Wisdom, in a mystery, hidden wisdom. From the antiquity ⟨p. 56⟩of it, it was ordained before the world was. From the benefit and use of it, for our glory. God is content his wisdom should be honoured in glorifying us, such is his love. And then when it was revealed, that none of the Princes of the world (he means not only commanding Potentates, but he being a scholar himself, esteemed Philosophers, Pharisees, and learned men to be Princes: because the excellency of a man is in the refined part of man his soul) none of these Princes of the world,