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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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Again,1 there is such disproportion between the soul being full of sin,2 and guiltiness, and heavenly things, that are so great, that the heart of man will not believe, unless God convinceth the soul, that God is so good and gracious, though they be great and excellent, yet God will bestow them upon our souls, and therefore he sendeth the Spirit, that over-powers the soul, though it be full of fear, and guilt, that sin contracts.
Againe,1 there is such disproportion between the soule being full of sinne,2 and guiltinesse, and heavenly things, that are so great, that the heart of man will not believe, unlesse God convinceth the soule, that God is so good and gracious, though they be great and excellent, yet God will bestow them upon our soules, and therefore he sendeth the Spirit, that over-powers the soule, though it bee full of feare, and guilt, that sinne contracts.
- 1Reas. 3.
- 2And a disproportion also.
Though we be never so unworthy, he will magnify ⟨p. 44⟩his grace to poor sinners, and without that the soul will never believe, there is such an infinite disproportion between the soul and the things, between the sinful soul and the spirit, so that God must over-power the soul to make it believe.