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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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If this be so,1 we ought to take heed of laying a scandal or reproach upon religion;2 Salvian complains in his time, that wickedness had gotten that head, that those that were good and honourable, mali esse volunt, ne a malis▪ abhorreantur: They that were good, studied to be vile, that they might not be vilified of others. Oh saith he, how much is Christ beholding to the world, that those that own him, and own goodness, and own his cause, should be therefore base, because they be his friends; take heed of taking scandals.
If this be so,1 wee ought to take heed of laying a scandall or reproach upon religion;2 Salvian complaines in his time, that wickednes had gotten that head, that those that were good and honourable, mali esse volunt, ne a malis▪ abhorreantur: They that were good, studied to be vile, that they might not be villified of others. Oh saith hee, how much is Christ beholding to the world, that those that owne him, and owne goodnesse, and owne his cause, should be therefore base, because they be his friends; take heed of taking scandalls.
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- 2Take heed of laying scandal on religion.