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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 again, where divine light is, and the veil taken away, it is the sanctified means; for God works by his own instruments and means, and they be able ⟨p. 52⟩to justify all courses of wisdom, Wisdom is justified of her children. By experience they be able to say the word is the word; I have found it casting me down, and raising me up, and searching the hidden corners of my heart. I have found Gods Ordinances powerful, the word and Sacrament. I have found my hope, faith, strength, and spiritual comfort, and therefore I can justify them; for I have found, tasted, and relished of these things; which worketh that upon the soul which Christ did on the body. I find mine eyes, I find my deaf ears opened. I can hear with another relish then before. I find a life and quickening to good things, though it be weak; I had no life at all to them before. I find a relish which I knew not before; So that there be spiritual senses whereby I am able to justify that these things be the things of God: So that they that have divine truths, can justify all the ordinances of God, by their own experience. As Peter answered when Christ asked him, will you be also gone? be gone said Peter, Whether should we go, thou hast the words of eternal life.
And againe, where divine light is, and the vaile taken away, it is the sanctified meanes; for God works by his owne instruments and meanes, and they be able ⟨p. 52⟩to justifie all courses of wisdome, Wisdome is justified of her children. By experience they be able to say the word is the word; I have found it casting me downe, and raising me up, and searching the hidden corners of my heart. I have found Gods Ordinances powerfull, the word and Sacrament. I have found my hope, faith, strength, and spirituall comfort, and therefore I can justifie them; for I have found, tasted, and relished of these things; which worketh that upon the soule which Christ did on the body. I finde mine eyes, I finde my deafe eares opened. I can heare with another relish then before. I finde a life and quickning to good things, though it be weake; I had no life at all to them before. I find a relish which I knew not before; So that there be spirituall senses whereby I am able to justifie that these things be the things of God: So that they that have divine truths, can justifie all the ordinances of God, by their owne experience. As Peter answered when Christ asked him, will you be also gone? be gone said Peter, Whether should we goe, thou hast the words of eternall life.