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The glorious feast of the Gospel. Or, Christs gracious invitation and royal entertainment of…The glorious feast of the Gospel. Or, Christs gracious invitation and royall entertainment of…
The glorious feast of the Gospel. Or, Christs gracious invitation and royal entertainment of believers. Wherein amongst other things these comfortable doctrines are spiritually handled: Viz. 1. The marriage feast between Christ and his Church. 2. The veil of ignorance and unbelief removed. 3. Christs conquest over death. 4. The wiping away of tears from the faces of Gods people. 5. The taking away of their reproaches. 6. The precious promises of God, and their certain performance. 7. The divine authority of the holy scriptures. 8. The duty and comfort of waiting upon God. / Delivered in divers sermons upon Isai.25 chap.6,7,8,9 verses, by the late reverend, learned and faithful minister of the Gospel, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Master of Katharine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Gray's-Inn, London. Perused by those that were instructed to revise his writings.The glorious feast of the Gospel. Or, Christs gracious invitation and royall entertainment of believers. Wherein amongst other things these comfortable doctrines are spiritually handled: Viz. 1. The marriage feast between Christ and his Church. 2. The vaile of ignorance and unbeliefe removed. 3. Christs conquest over death. 4. The wiping away of teares from the faces of Gods people. 5. The taking away of their reproaches. 6. The precious promises of God, and their certaine performance. 7. The divine authority of the holy scriptures. 8. The duty and comfort of waiting upon God. / Delivered in divers sermons upon Isai.25 chap.6,7,8,9 verses, by the late reverend, learned and faithfull minister of the Gospell, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Master of Katharine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher at Grayes-Inne, London. Perused by those that were instructed to revise his writings.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1650
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I but there is reproaches cast upon Religion, and religious persons, it goeth under a veil of reproach, and the best things are not seen in their own colours, nor the worst things, they go under visors here.
I but there is reproaches cast upon Religion, and religious persons, it goeth under a vaile of reproach, and the best things are not seene in their owne colours, nor the worst things, they go under vizards here.
But the time will come, that the rebukes of his people shall be taken away. The good things as they are ⟨p. 34⟩best, so shall they be known to be so: And sin, and base courses, as they are bad, and as they are from Hell, so they shall be known to be; every thing shall appear in its own colours, things shall not go masked any longer. And what is the seal of all this? The seal of it is, The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it; truth it self hath spoken it, and therefore it must needs be, Jehovah that can give a being to all things, he hath said it.
But the time will come, that the rebukes of his people shall be taken away. The good things as they are ⟨p. 34⟩best, so shall they be knowne to bee so: And sinne, and base courses, as they are bad, and as they are from Hell, so they shall be knowne to be; every thing shall appear in its owne colours, things shall not goe masked any longer. And what is the seal of all this? The seal of it is, The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it; truth it selfe hath spoken it, and therefore it must needs be, Jehovah that can give a being to all things, he hath said it.