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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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TO come closer to the particulars. It shall be said in that day, lo this is our God. The mouth of the Lord hath spoken gracious things before, hath promised a Feast, and an excellent Feast. Gods manner is first of all to give promises to his Church;1 why? his goodness cometh from his goodness, his goodness of grace cometh from his goodness of nature: He is good, and doth good. Now the same goodness of disposition which we call bounty, that reserveth heaven and happiness for us in another world; the same goodness ⟨p. 112⟩will not suffer us to be without all comfort in this world: Because the knowledge and revelation of the glory to come hath much comfort in it. Therefore in mercy he not only intendeth performance of glory, but out of the same fountain of goodness, he intendeth to reveal whatsoever is good for his Church in the way to glory. So that promises of good, come from the same goodness of God by which he intendeth heaven: For what moved God to come out of that hidden light, that no man can come into, and discover himself in his son? The word in his promises to reveal his mind to mankind, and make known what he will have us to do, and what he will do to us? but only his goodness is the cause of all. And therefore the end of promises in Gods intention is to comfort us in the way to heaven, that we may have something to support us; they are promissa, quasi praemissa: They are promises and premises, and sent before the thing it self.
TO come closer to the particulars. It shall be said in that day, loe this is our God. The mouth of the Lord hath spoken gracious things before, hath promised a Feast, and an excellent Feast. Gods manner is first of all to give promises to his Church;1 why? his goodnesse commeth from his goodnesse, his goodnesse of grace commeth from his goodnesse of nature: He is good, and doth good. Now the same goodnesse of disposition which we call bounty, that reserveth heaven and happinesse for us in another world; the same goodnesse ⟨p. 112⟩will not suffer us to be without all comfort in this world: Because the knowledge and revelation of the glory to come hath much comfort in it. Therefore in mercy he not only intendeth performance of glory, but out of the same fountaine of goodnesse, he intendeth to reveale whatsoever is good for his Church in the way to glory. So that promises of good, come from the same goodnesse of God by which he intendeth heaven: For what moved God to come out of that hidden light, that no man can come into, and discover himselfe in his sonne? The word in his promises to reveale his minde to mankinde, and make knowne what he will have us to doe, and what he will doe to us? but onely his goodnesse is the cause of all. And therefore the end of promises in Gods intention is to comfort us in the way to heaven, that we may have something to support us; they are promissa, quasi praemissa: They are promises and premises, and sent before the thing it selfe.