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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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Wherein we may consider first of all, That God hath left to his Church rich and precious promises, such as is spoken of before. A feast, and removal of all hinderances whatsoever. He not only vouchsafeth heaven when we dye, and eternal happiness, but in this world in our way he vouchsafes precious promises to support our faith, that we may begin heaven upon earth. What these promises are, we showed the last day.
Wherein we may consider first of all, That God hath left to his Church rich and precious promises, such as is spoken of before. A feast, and removall of all hinderances whatsoever. He not only vouchsafeth heaven when we dye, and eternall happinesse, but in this world in our way he vouchsafes precious promises to support our faith, that we may begin heaven upon earth. What these promises are, we shewed the last day.
The second observation was, in that Gods people are here in a state of expectation. It shall be said, lo we have waited for him. We are in a condition of waiting while we live in this world, because we are not at home; our state requires waiting, heaven requires settledness and rest: There all appetites, all desires shall be satiated to the full: Our estate here is a passage to a better estate, and waiting is a disposition fit for such a condition.
The second observation was, in that Gods people are here in a state of expectation. It shall be said, loe we have waited for him. We are in a condition of waiting while we live in this world, because we are not at home; our state requires waiting, heaven requires setlednesse and rest: There all appetites, all desires shall be satiated to the full: Our estate here is a passage to a better estate, and waiting is a disposition fit for such a condition.
And in this there is good, and imperfection; good, that we have something to wait for, imperfection, that we are to wait for it, that we have it not in fruition, and till we be in heaven we are in a state of waiting. In the Revelations, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly, there is a glorious state of a Church set forth, but while all is done, it hath not what it would have. We cannot be in such a