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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
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.
Quest. To clear this a little: what solace and rest do men find under the shadow of the Church.
Quest. To cleere this a little: what solace and rest doe men finde under the shadow of the Church.
Answ. There is a rest and a peace in the Church, for all things are at peace with the Church, even the very stones in the field,1 nothing can hurt the Children of the Church, God will be and is a Sun and a shield unto them; a shield to keep off all ill,2 and a Sun to confer all good unto them. So his promise is to Abraham; I will be thy Buckler and thine exceeding great reward. 3A Buckler to keep ill from him, and an exceeding great reward for good. Therefore it is a sweet shadow to be under the Church, where God is all in all to them, who makes all things work for good unto them, even the greatest evil. Now what a delightful thing is it to have a resting place with them, which either suffer no ill, or God turns all ill to their great good? where God is a Sun and a shield, a Buckler, and an exceeding great reward, as he is to his Church and Children?
Answ. There is a rest and a peace in the Church, for all things are at peace with the Church, even the very stones in the field,1 nothing can hurt the Children of the Church, God will bee and is a Sunne and a shield unto them; a shield to keepe off all ill,2 and a Sunne to conferre all good unto them. So his promise is to Abraham; I will be thy Buckler and thine exceeding great reward.