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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 therefore thus think of it.
The next thing to be considered is the order.1 First, we must shed tears, and then they must be wiped away: After a storm, a calm; after sowing in tears, comes reaping in joy. What is the reason of that order? The reason is our own necessity: we are in such a frame and condition since the fall, that we cannot be put into a good frame of grace without much pain.2 The truths of God must cross us,3 and afflictions must join with them: For the sins contracted by pleasure, must be dissolved by pain: Repentance must cost us tears; we may thank our selves if we have brought our selves to a sinful course.4 For the necessity of this order, a diseased person must not be cured, till he feel some smart of the wounds.
The next thing to be considered is the order.1 First, we must shed teares, and then they must be wiped away: After a storme, a calme; after sowing in teares, comes reaping in joy. What is the reason of that order? The reason is our owne necessity: we are in such a frame and condition since the fall, that we cannot be put into a good frame of grace without much paine.2 The truths of God must crosse us,3 and afflictions must joyne with them: For the sinnes contracted by pleasure, must be dissolved by paine: Repentance must cost us teares; we may thank our selves if wee have brought our selves to a sinfull course.