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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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And then it implies watchfulness over our selves,1 (till we come to the full accomplishment of the promises) that we carry not our selves unworthily in the mean time: That we should not spend the time of our waiting in wickedness, to fetch sorrow from the devil, and the world to comfort us, or to be beholding to Satan. This is no waiting, but murmuring, and rebellion, when in crosses and discomforts we cannot be content, but must be beholding to the Devil: so there must be watchfulness;2 and not only so, but fruitfulness in ⟨p. 119⟩waiting. For he waits, that waiteth in doing good, that waiteth in observance; he waiteth for his Masters coming, that is, doing his duty all the time in a fruitful course of observance and obedience; else it is no waiting: waiting is not merely a distance of time, but a filling up of that time with all gracious carriage, with obedience, and with silence, with long suffering and contentment, and watchfulness we take not any ill course, and observance, and with fruitfulness, that we may fill up times of waiting, till performance, with all the graces, that we may have communion with God.
And then it implies watchfulnesse over our selves,1 (till wee come to the full accomplishment of the promises) that we carry not our selves unworthily in the meane time: That wee should not spend the time of our waiting in wickednesse, to fetch sorrow from the devill, and the world to comfortus, or to be beholding to Satan. This is no waiting, but murmuring, and rebellion, when in crosses and discomforts we cannot be content, but must be beholding to the Devill: so there must bee watchfulnesse;2 and not onely so, but fruitfulnesse in ⟨p. 119⟩waiting. For he waits, that waiteth in doing good, that waiteth in observance; hee waiteth for his Masters comming, that is, doing his duty all the time in a fruitfull course of observance and obedience; else it is no waiting: waiting is not meerly a distance of time, but a filling up of that time with all gracious carriage, with obedience, and with silence, with long suffering and contentment, and watchfulnesse wee take not any ill course, and observance, and with fruitfulnesse, that wee may fill up times of waiting, till performance, with all the graces, that we may have communion with God.