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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.
And not only in nature, but in holiness, having an immortal and invisible soul, resembling God. We must take God here as a Creator of our whole man, ⟨p. 165⟩body and soul, and of the new creature in us; God made man at the first, but that was not so much as for God to be made man, to make us new creatures: God created our bodies out of the dust, but our souls come immediately from himself, he breathed them into us; and in this respect he is a higher Creator than in the other; for when we had marred our first making, and became more like beasts than men, (for indeed every one that is not like God, sympathizeth with beasts or Devils one way or other) God in Christ made us new again; yea, God became man, to enrich us with all grace and goodness, to free us from the hands of Satan, and bring us to an eternal estate of communion with himself in heaven; for all the old heaven, and the old earth shall pass away, ⟨p. 166⟩and the old condition of creatures, and a new life shall be given them: God that made the new heaven and the new earth, hath made us for them. Considering therefore that God gave us our first being, and when we were worse than naught, gave us a second being, in regard of our new creation, how should it stir us up to commit our souls unto him? especially if we consider that in him we live and move and have our being, 1that there is not the least thought and affection to goodness in us, but it comes from God, we are what we are by his grace.
And not onely in nature, but in holinesse, having an immortall and invisible soule, resembling God. We must take God here as a Creator of our whole man, ⟨p. 165⟩body and soule, and of the new creature in us; God made man at the first, but that was not so much as for God to bee made man, to make us new creatures: God created our bodies out of the dust, but our soules come immediately from himself, he breathed them into us; and in this respect hee is a higher Creator thā in the other; for whē we had marred our first making, and became more like beasts than men, (for indeed every one that is not like God, sympathizeth with beasts or Devils one way or other) God in Christ made us new againe; yea, God became man, to inrich us with all grace and goodnesse, to free us from the hands of Sathan, and bring us to an eternall estate of communion with himselfe in heaven; for all the old heaven, and the old earth shall passe away,