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A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the wonderful…A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the vvonderfull…
A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the wonderful conception, birth, and life of Christ, who in the fullness of time became man to satisfy divine justice, and to make reconciliation between God and man. Preached to the honourable society of Gray's Inn, by that godly and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, Richard Sibbes. D.D.A miracle of miracles or Christ in our nature Wherein is contained the vvonderfull conception, birth, and life of Christ, who in the fulnesse of time became man to satisfie divine iustice, and to make reconciliation betweene God and man. Preached to the honourable society of Grayes Inne, by that godly and faithfull minister of Iesus Christ, Richard Sibbes. D.D.
London: printed by Edward for John Rothwell, 1638London: printed by Edward for Iohn Rothwell, 1638
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.
1The ground of this reason is this, All other promises whatsoever they are, are secondary to the grand Fundamental promise of CHRIST. All promises issue from a Covenant founded in God man. Now covenants come from love, and love is founded in the first person, loved, and the foundation of all love. Therefore if God giveth Christ the foundation of love, and out of love makes a covenant, and as branches of the covenant giveth many promises: Then having made good the main promise of all, (Jesus Christ) will he not make good all the rest? And therefore we should have often in our hearts, and thoughts, the accomplishment of all promises in Christ, and from thence make use of the ⟨p. 5⟩expectation of all inferior promises. For they issue from that love of God in Christ, which is fully manifested already.
1The ground of this reason is this, All other promises whatsoever they are, are secundary to the grand Fundamentall promise of CHRIST. All promises issue from a Covenant founded in God man. Now covenants come from love, and love is founded in the first person, loved, and the foundation of all love. Therefore if God giveth Christ the foundation of love, and out of love makes a covenant, and as branches of the covenant giveth many promises: Then having made good the maine promise of all, (Iesus Christ) will hee not make good all the rest? And therefore we should have often in our hearts, and thoughts, the accomplishment of all promises in Christ, and from thence make use of the ⟨p. 5⟩expectation of all inferiour promises. For they issue from that love of God in Christ, which is fully manifested already.
- 1All promises founded in Christ.
We have spoken of the Preface, Behold, which is a word usually prefixed before all the passages of Christ, his Birth, his Resurrection, his coming again. And great reason.