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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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Christ must be preached, But to whom? To the Gentiles.
1Here lies the Mystery, that Christ, who was manifest in the flesh justified in the Spirit, &c. should be preached to the Gentiles. What were the Gentiles? Before Christs time,2 they were Dogs, in our Saviour Christs censure; Shall I give the Children's Bread to Dogs? Before Christs time, they sate in darkness, and in the shadow of death: Before Christs time, they were the halt, and the lame, that He, the great Feast-maker, sent to bid come in: they were aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel; without Christ, without God in the world; without God, because they were without Christ. It is not to be imagined, in what misery the poor Gentiles were, before the coming of Christ, except some few Proselytes, that joined themselves to the Jewish ⟨p. 129⟩Church; for the Gentiles worshipped Devils: What were all their gods, but Devils? They were under the Kingdom of Satan, when the Gospel came to be preached among them; they were translated out of the Kingdom of Satan, into the blessed and glorious Kingdom of Christ, 3Coloss. 1. Yet we see here, notwithstanding they were such kind of people, the Mystery of the Gospel is preached to these, to the Gentiles.
1Here lyes the Mysterie, that Christ, who was manifest in the flesh justified in the Spirit, &c. should be preached to the Gentiles. What were the Gentiles? Before Christs time,2 they were Dogges, in our Saviour Christs censure; Shall I give the Childrens Bread to Dogges? Before Christs time, they sate in darknesse, and in the shadow of death: Before Christs time, they were the halt, and the lame, that He, the great Feast-maker, sent to bid come in: they were aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel; without Christ, without God in the world; without God, because they were without Christ. It is not to be imagined, in what misery the poore Gentiles were, before the comming of Christ, except some few Proselytes, that joyned themselves to the Iewish