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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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Sermon 1: THE Marriage Feast, BETWEEN CHRIST and his CHURCH.
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THE Marriage Feast, BETWEEN CHRIST and his CHURCH.
ISAIAH 25. 6. In this Mountain shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all people a Feast of fat things, a Feast of Wines on the Lees, of fat things full of Marrow, of Wine on the Lees well refined.
ISAIAH 25. 6. In this Mountaine shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all people a Feast of fat things, a Feast of Wines on the Lees, of fat things full of Marrow, of Wine on the Lees well refined.
IN the former Chapter the holy Prophet having spoken of the miseries,1 and desolation of the Church, in many heavy, sad, and doleful expressions; as the Vine languisheth, the earth is defiled under the Inhabitants thereof, because they have transgressed the Laws, changed the Ordinance, and broken the everlasting Covenant, therefore the earth shall ⟨p. 2⟩be accursed, and they that dwell therein shall not drink Wine with a Song, &c. Here you see all sweetness and rejoicing of heart is departed from them; yet even in the middest of all these miseries, God (the God of comforts) makes sweet and gracious promises to his Church, to raise it out of its mournful estate and condition. And therefore the Prophet in the former part of this Chapter speaks of blessing God for the destruction of his Enemies, and for his great love to his Church. And when he had spoken of the ruin of the enemy, he presently breaks out with Thanksgiving, breathing forth abundant praises to his God; as it is the custom of holy men (guided by the motion of the blessed Spirit of God, upon all occasions) (but especially for benefits to his Church) to praise his Name, not out of ill affection at the destruction of the Adversaries, but at the execution of Divine Justice for the fulfilling of the truth of his promise; as in the first Verse of this Chapter; O Lord, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name, for thou hast done wonderful things, thy Counsels of old are faithfulness, and truth. When the things that were promised of old were brought to pass, the Church was ever ready to give God the glory of his Truth. Therefore rejoice not when thine enemies fall; but when the enemies of the Lord are brought to desolation, then we may, nay, we ought to sing Hallelujah to him that liveth for ever and ever.