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Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In…Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In…
Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In four treatises. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Gray's-Inn. Published according to the authors own appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In foure treatises. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs, Doctor in Divinitie, Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne. Published according to the authors owne appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.
London: printed by E. Purslow and Richard Badger for N. Bourne, 1638
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In particular,1 we justify him, that he rose from the dead, when we believe that we are freed from our sins, our Surety being out of Prison. We justify him as ascended into Heaven, when we have heavenly affections, and when we consider him as a public person, gone to Heaven in our name. We justify him as sitting at the right hand of God, when we mind the things that are above, and not that are here below; or else we deny these things, we believe them not; we justify them not, when our conversations are not answerable to the things we believe. If we be the children of Wisdom, undoubtedly we shall justify Wisdom. If we be the members of Christ, we shall justify our Head; if we be his Spouse, we shall justify our Husband. Let us examine our selves, that we do in this kind; and never think our state good, till we can justify Christ.
In particular,1 we justifie him, that he rose from the dead, when we beleeve that we are freed from our sinnes, our Suretie being out of Prison. We justifie him as ascended into Heaven, when we have heavenly affections, and when we consider him as a publike person, gone to Heaven in our name. We justifie him as sitting at the right hand of God, when we mind the things that are above, and not that are here below; or else we denie these things, wee beleeve them not; we justifie them not, when our conversations are not answerable to the things we beleeve. If we be the children of Wisedome, undoubtedly we shall justifie Wisedome. If we be the members of Christ, we shall justifie our Head; if wee be his Spouse, we shall justifie our Husband. Let us examine our selves, that we doe in this kind; and never thinke our state good, till we can justifie Christ.
- 1In his Resurrection.
In the next place, for our direction: as Christ justified himself by his Spirit, by his Divine Power; so let us know, that it is our duty to justify our selves, to justify our profession, justify all Divine Truth. Let us make it good, that we are the Sons of God, that we are Christians indeed; not only to have the name, but the anointing of Christ; that we may clear our Religion from false imputations: or else, instead of justifying our profession, we justify the slanders that are against it. The World is ready to say, None are worse then Christians, and their Religion is all but words, and shows, and forms: Shall we justify these slanders? No: let us, by the Spirit of God, justify our Religion; let us show, that Religion is a powerful thing; and so indeed it is: For Divine Truth, when it is embraced and known, it alters and changeth the manners and dispositions; it makes of Lions, Lambs, it makes our natures mild, and tractable, and sweet; it raiseth a man from Earth to Heaven. Let us justify this our Religion, and profession, against all gainsayers whatsoever: Wisdom is justified of all her children. Let us justify our Religion, and profession, by maintaining it, and standing for it, and express in our lives and conversations the power of it.