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The returning backslider, or, A commentary upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy…The returning backslider, or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy…
The returning backslider, or, A commentary upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Hosea Wherein is showed the large extent of Gods free mercy, even unto the most miserable forlorn and wretched sinners that may be, upon their humiliation and repentance. Preached by that learned and judicious divine, Dr. Sibbs, late preacher to the honourable society of Gray's Inn, and master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by his own permission before his death.The returning backslider, or, A commentarie upon the whole XIIII. chapter of the prophecy of the prophet Hosea Wherein is shewed the large extent of Gods free mercy, even unto the most miserable forlorne and wretched sinners that may be, upon their humiliation and repentance. Preached by that learned and judicious divine, Dr. Sibbs, late preacher to the honourable society of Grayes Inne, and master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge. Published by his owne permission before his death.
London: printed by George for George Edwards, 1639
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And then,1 A broken heart that offers Christ to God every day, who though he were offered once for all: yet our believing in him, and daily presenting his Atonement made for us, is a new offering of him. Christ is Crucified and Sacrificed for thee as oft as thou believest in ⟨p. 46⟩Christ Crucified. Now upon all occasions we manifest our Belief in Christ, to wash and bathe our selves in his blood, who justifieth the ungodly, so that upon a fresh sight of sin with contrition for it, he continually justifieth us. Thus when we Believe we offer him to God daily, a broken heart first, and then Christ with a broken heart.
And then,1 A broken heart that offers Christ to God every day, who though hee were offered once for all: yet our beleeving in him, and daily presenting his Attonement made for us, is a new offering of him. Christ is Crucified and Sacrificed for thee as oft as thou beleevest in ⟨p. 46⟩Christ Crucified. Now upon all occasions wee manifest our Beleefe in Christ, to wash and bathe our selves in his blood, who justifieth the ungodly, so that upon a fresh sight of sinne with contrition for it, hee continually justifieth us. Thus when we Beleeve we offer him to God daily, a broken heart first, and then Christ with a broken heart.
- 12. A broken heart offering Christ
1And then when we believe in Christ, we offer and sacrifice our selves to God, in which respect we must (as it were) be killed ere we be offered; for we may not offer our selves as we are in our lusts, but as mortified and killed by Repentance. Then we offer our selves to God as a reasonable and living sacrifice, when we offer our selves wholly unto him, wit, understanding, judgement, affections and endeavour, as Paul saith of the Macedonians,