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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
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And then all is for us.1 To us a Child is borne, to us a Son is given, in the same Chapter. For us, and for us men, he came down from Heaven. And then to the eye of Faith, all these things are present: Faith knoweth no difference of time.
And then all is for us.1 To us a Child is borne, to us a Sonne is given, in the same Chapter. For us, and for us men, hee came downe from Heaven. And then to the eye of Faith, all these things are present: Faith knoweth no difference of time.
- 1Christs conception and incarnation marvellous and rare
1Christ is present to the eye of faith now. We see him sacrificed in the Sacrament and in the word; faith knoweth no distance of place as well as no distance of time: we see him in heaven, as St. Stephen sitting at the right hand of God for the good of his Church, and therefore behold.
- 1Christ is with us here by faith.
If ever any thing were, or shall be great from the beginning of the world, to eternity, this is great, this is wonderful. And if any thing in the world be fit for us, if any thing dignifieth the soul, and raiseth the soul above it self, it is this wonderful object.
If ever any thing were, or shall be great from the beginning of the world, to eternity, this is great, this is wonderfull. And if any thing in the world be fit for us, if any thing dignifieth the soule, and raiseth the soule above it selfe, it is this wonderfull object.