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The saints safety in evil times Delivered at St Mary's in Cambridge the fifth…The saints safetie in evill times Delivered at St Maries in Cambridge the fift…
The saints safety in evil times Delivered at St Mary's in Cambridge the fifth of November, upon occasion of the Powder-Plot. Whereunto is annexed a passion-sermon, preached at Mercers Chapel London upon Good-Friday. As also the happiness of enjoying Christ laid open at the funeral of Mr Sherland late recorder of Northampton. Together with the most virtuous life and heavenly end of that religious gentleman. By R. Sibbes D.D. master of Katherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Gray's-Inn London.The saints safetie in evill times Delivered at St Maries in Cambridge the fift of November, upon occasion of the Povvder-Plot. Whereunto is annexed a passion-sermon, preached at Mercers Chappel London upon Good-Friday. As also the happinesse of enjoying Christ laid open at the funerall of Mr Sherland late recorder of Northampton. Together with the most vertuous life and heavenly end of that religious gentleman. By R. Sibbes D.D. master of Katherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Grayes-Inne London.
London: printed by M. Flesher for R. Dawlman, 1634
Sermon 4: THE SAINTS SAFETY IN EVIL TIMES.Sermon 4: THE SAINTS SAFETY IN EVILL TIMES.
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.
From sin and the evil consequents thereof.1 Beloved, we have great need our souls should be kept by God, for alas, what sin is there but we shall ⟨p. 153⟩fall into it, unless God preserve us in peace and comfort, and assurance of a better estate; what would become of our poor souls if we had them in our own keeping? Ahithophel had the keeping of his own soul, and what became of him? first, he did run into the sin of Treason, and afterwards (being a wicked Politician, and an Atheist having no delight in God) was the executioner of himself. We shall be ready (as Job saith) to tear our own souls if God hath not the keeping of them; we shall tear them with desperate thoughts, as Judas, who never committed his soul to God, but kept it himself, and we see what became of him. The Apostle bids us go to God in prayer, and committing our souls to him, to keep from sin, despair, distrust, and all spiritual ⟨p. 154⟩evil whatsoever,2 and then the peace of God which passeth all understanding (as the word in the Original is) shall guard our souls in Christ; our souls have need of guarding, and we of our selves are not sufficient to do it, therefore we should commit them unto God, for except he preserve us we shall soon perish.