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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 again,1 look at our own disposition to suffer, to hold out, to fix; there is an unsettledness, which is a proper infirmity in our natures since the fall: we love variety, we are inconstant, and cannot fix our selves upon the best things, and we are impatient of suffering any thing. We are not only indisposed to do good, but more indisposed to suffer any ill; the spirit must help us over all this, which must continue all our life long, till we be in heaven, something or other will be in our way: now the Spirit of God must help us over all these afflictions. We shall never come to heaven to overcome afflictions, and scandals, and temptation, which Satan ⟨p. 120⟩plies us here withal.2 And then to overcome the tediousness of time; this needeth a great deal of strength: now this grace of expectance doth all. And therefore it is so oftentimes stood upon in Scripture;3 in Isaiah, and in the Psalms, how often is it repeated, Psal. 77. last, Wait on the Lord, if he tarry wait thou. The Lord will wait for them that wait for him; and it is the character in Scripture of a Christian. Moses, he saith, such as waited for the consolation of Israel before Christ came in the flesh, such a one, is one that waiteth for the consolation of Israel. To have a gracious disposition, and a grace of waiting was the character of good people. Now since the coming of Christ, the character of the New Testament, is, to wait for Christs appearance. There is a Crown of glory for me, and not only for me, but for all them that love his appearance. That is an ingredient in waiting, when we love the thing we wait for. And so Titus 2. last, The grace of God that teacheth to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live holily, and justly, and soberly in this present evil world, looking for, and waiting for this glorious appearing of Jesus Christ.
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