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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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To proceed,1 God only can reveal and take away the veil of ignorance,2 and unbelief from off the soul: I will speak specially of this veil. The reason is, there is such a natural unsuitableness between the soul and heavenly light, and heavenly truths, that unless God opens the eye of the soul,3 and puts a new eye into the soul,4 it can never know or discern of heavenly things; there must be an eye suitable to the light, else there will never be sight of it. Now God can create a new spiritual eye to discern of spiritual things, which a natural eye cannot; who can see things invisible? Divine things are invisible to natural eyes, there is no suitableness: he that must reveal these, and take away the veil, must create new light within, as well as a light without; now God, and only God, that created light out of darkness, can create light in the soul. Let there be light. He only can create a spiritual eye, to see the things that to nature are visible.
To proceed,1 God onely can reveale and take away the vaile of ignorance,2 and unbeliefe from off the soule: I will speake specially of this vaile. The reason is, there is such a naturall unsuitablenesse between the soule and heavenly light, and heavenly truths, that unlesse God opens the eye of the soule,3 and puts a new eye into the soule,4 it can never know or discerne of heavenly things; there must be an eye suitable to the light, else there will never be sight of it. Now God can create a new spirituall eye to discerne of spirituall things, which a naturall eye cannot; who can see things invisible? Divine things are invisible to naturall eyes, there is no suitablenesse: he that must reveale these, and take away the vaile, must create new light within, as well as a light without; now God, and only God, that created light out of darknesse, can create light in the soule. Let there be light. Hee only can create a spirituall eye, to see the things that to nature are visible.