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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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And then it enrageth men the more: The more they know, the more they be enraged. Men when truths be pressed, which they purpose not to obey, they fret against the Ordinance, and cast stones, as it were in the face of truth. When Physic doth raise humours, but is not strong enough to carry them away, they endanger the body; And where light is not strong enough to dispel corruption when it raiseth corruption, it enrageth it. When men know Truth and are not moulded into it, they first rage against it, and then by little and little fall from it, and grow extreme enemies to it. Its a dangerous thing therefore to rest in naked knowledge. Beg then of God ⟨p. 48⟩that he would take away the veil of ignorance and unbelief, that light and life may go together, and so we shall be fit to feast with the Lord.
And then it inrageth men the more: The more they know, the more they be enraged. Men when truths be prest, which they purpose not to obey, they fret against the Ordinance, and cast stones, as it were in the face of truth. When Physick doth raise humors, but is not strong enough to carry them away, they indanger the body; And where light is not strong enough to dispell corruption when it raiseth corruption, it inrageth it. When men know Truth and are not moulded into it, they first rage against it, and then by little and little fall from it, and grow extreme enemies to it. Its a dangerous thing therefore to rest in naked knowledge. Beg then of God ⟨p. 48⟩that he would take away the vaile of ignorance and unbeliefe, that light and life may goe together, and so wee shall be fit to feast with the Lord.
Now that we may have true saving knowledge, first we must attend meekly upon Gods Ordinances, which be sanctified to this end to let in light to the soul.
Now that we may have true saving knowledge, first we must attend meekly upon Gods Ordinances, which be sanctified to this end to let in light to the soule.