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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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I will here add a case.1 Some say they cannot weep, but they can grieve, whether then is it necessary or no to weep? Tears are taken for the spring of tears, grief, all grief shall be taken away. Tears are but the messengers of grief; and often times the deepest apprehension that takes things deeply, cannot express it in tears. In some the passages fetching the conceit to the heart are made more tender that they can weep. Now the grief of a Christian is a judicial grief, a rational grief, not only sensible tears must have sensible grief, but a Christians grief is a sensible judicial grief; he hath a right judgement of things that cause sorrow, willeth it, and tears are only an expression of it.
I will here adde a case.1 Some say they cannot weep, but they can grieve, whether then is it necessary or no to weepe? Teares are taken for the spring of teares, griefe, all griefe shall be taken away. Teares are but the messengers of griefe; and often times the deepest apprehension that takes things deepely, cannot expresse it in teares. In some the passages fetching the conceit to the heart are made more tender that they can weepe. Now the griefe of a Christian is a judiciall griefe, a rationall griefe, not onely sensible teares must have sensible griefe, but a Christians griefe is a sensible judiciall griefe; hee hath a right judgement of things that cause sorrow, willeth it, and teares are onely an expression of it.
- 11. A case about tears.1. A case about teares.
But how shall I know whether grief be right or no? There be tears God hath no bottle for:1 Thou puttest my tears into thy bottle, he makes much of them, they be Vinum Angelicum as he saith,