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The riches of mercy In two treatisesThe riches of mercie In two treatises
The riches of mercy In two treatises: 1 Lydia's conversion. 2. A rescue from death. By the late learned, and reverend divine, Richard Sibbs, Doctor in Divinity. Published by the authors own appointment, and subscribed with his own hand to prevent imperfect copies.The riches of mercie In two treatises: 1 Lydia's conversion. 2. A rescue from death. By the late learned, and reverend divine, Richard Sibbs, Doctor in Divinitie. Published by the authors own appointment, and subscribed with his owne hand to prevent imperfect copies.
London: printed by John for Francis Eglesfeild, 1638London: printed by Iohn for Francis Eglesfeild, 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.
I will give two or three brief rules of discerning.1 He that by the spirit of God attends to the good word of God to purpose,1 with an opened underding, he not only knows the words, and the shell in preaching the word of God, but the things: he knows not only what ⟨p. 70⟩faith and repentance is in the words: but he hath a spiritual light to know what the things are, what repentance is, and faith, and love, and hope, and patience, he knows the things. And likewise he that hath attended to purpose he can do the things: he not only knows what he should do: but by the grace of the spirit, and attending upon the word of God, he knows how to do them. Grace teacheth him not only that he should deny himself, and live soberly, and righteously, and Godly, but it teacheth him how to live soberly and righteously, and ⟨p. 71⟩Godly. Grace, when we attend upon the word as we should, teacheth us to do the things; not only that we should repent, and pray &c. but to do them it opens the things, and gives ability to do them.
I will give two or three briefe rules of discerning.1 He that by the spirit of God attends to the good word of God to purpose,1 with an opened underding, he not only knowes the words, and the shell in preaching the word of God, but the things: he knowes not only what ⟨p. 70⟩faith and repentance is in the words: but he hath a spirituall light to know what the things are, what repentance is, and faith, and love, and hope, and patience, hee knowes the things. And likewise he that hath attended to purpose he can do the things: he not only knowes what he should doe: but by the grace of the spirit, and attending upon the word of God, he knowes how to doe them. Grace teacheth him not onely that hee should denie himselfe, and live soberly, and righteously, and Godly, but it teacheth him how to live soberly and righteously, and