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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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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.
1We out of our weakness, wonder at poor petty things, as the Disciples at the building of the Temple, What stones are these? we wonder at the greatness of birth and place, but alas, what is fit for the soul being a large and capable thing to stand in admiration of? Here is that, that transcendeth admiration it self. Behold a Virgin shall conceive a Sonne. And therefore attend to the great matter in hand: this I thought good to add, to what, I formerly delivered in that particular.
1We out of our weaknes, wonder at poore pety things, as the Disciples at the building of the Temple, What stones are these? we wonder at the greatnesse of birth and place, but alas, what is fit for the soule being a large and capable thing to stand in admiration of? Here is that, that transcendeth admiration it selfe. Behold a Virgin shall conceive a Sonne. And therefore attend to the great matter in hand: this I thought good to adde, to what, I formerly delivered in that particular.