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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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You see then in what sense there is a veil of the things, and in what sense there is a veil on mens hearts; that is, either the things themselves are hid, or if the things be open, they want sight, and light of knowledge, and they want faith to believe. Beloved, we live in times that the object is clear to us, the things themselves are made clear: as who knoweth not what Christ is, and the notion of the incarnation, and of the union with him; we know them notionally, they be opened and revealed to us very clearly, all the articles of faith, and mysteries of Religion; so that there is no obscurity in the object, the things are clear, specially in these places of knowledge: But yet notwithstanding there is a veil upon the soul. The soul of every man that is not graciously wrought upon by the spirit of God, hath a veil of ignorance, and unbelief.
You see then in what sense there is a vaile of the things, and in what sense there is a vaile on mens hearts; that is, either the things themselves are hid, or if the things be open, they want sight, and light of knowledge, and they want faith to believe. Beloved, we live in times that the object is cleare to us, the things themselves are made cleare: as who knoweth not what Christ is, and the notion of the incarnation, and of the union with him; wee know them notionally, they be opened and revealed to us very clearely, all the articles of faith, and misteries of Religion; so that there is no obscurity in the object, the things are cleare, specially in these places of knowledge: But yet notwithstanding there is a vaile upon the soule. The soule of every man that is not graciously wrought upon by the spirit of God, hath a vaile of ignorance, and unbeliefe.
First of all, of Ignorance. There is a veil of ignorance in many,1 and in all men naturally a veil of ignorance of spiritual things; for unless they be revealed, they can never be known to Angels themselves: The Angels themselves know not the Gospel till it be opened, and therefore they be students in it continually; and the best men in the world know nothing in the Gospel further then it is revealed; but there is a veil of ignorance upon them that know these things notionally,