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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 when tears tend to reformation of what they grieve for; for else they be Steriles lachrimae, barren tears: do they tend to reform what we weep for? do they tend to action? Affections are then good when they carry to action; as grief, love, joy, they are all for action: when we weep and grieve, and reform withal, it is a good sign. I will name no more; you see then, that grief is sound, when it springeth from the love of God, and is for the sins of others, as well as our own, and our own, as well as others; when it stirs up to reformation; when it is in secret; and therefore let us examine our grief by these and the like evidences, it will be a good character of a gracious soul. Then God will carry himself as a sweet nurse, or loving mother to her child that sheddeth tears; God will wipe away all these tears. O the transcending love of God, his love is a tender love; the love of a mother, the love of a nurse! it is not love, but the bowels of love, the bowels of mercy and compassion: how low doth he stoop to wipe away the tears of his children! God will wipe away all tears.
Againe,1 when teares tend to reformation of what they grieve for; for else they be Steriles lachrimae, barren teares: doe they tend to reforme what wee weepe for? doe they tend to action? Affections are then good when they carry to action; as griefe, love, joy, they are all for action: when wee weepe and grieve, and reforme withall, it is a good signe. I will name no more; you see then, that griefe is sound, when it springeth from the love of God, and is for the sinnes of others, as well as our owne, and our owne, as well as others; when it stirres up to reformation; when it is in secret; and therefore let us examine our griefe by these and the like evidences, it will be a good character of a gracious soule. Then God will carry himselfe as a sweet nurse, or loving mother to her child that sheddeth teares; God will wipe away all these teares. O the transcending love of God, his love is a tender love; the love of a mother, the love of a nurse! it is not love, but the bowels of love, the bowells of mercy and compassion: how low doth he stoope to wipe away the teares of his children! God will wipe away all teares.
- 14. When they tend to reformation of what they are shed for.