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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 the spirit of God in the way to heaven, subdueth all evil murmurings, and exceptions, in suffering us not to put forth our hands to any iniquity, though we have not what we would have, he keeps us in a good and fruitful way; for to wait, is not only to endure, but ⟨p. 152⟩to endure in a good course, fitting us for happiness, till grace end in glory.
And then the spirit of God in the way to heaven, subdueth all evill murmurings, and exceptions, in suffering us not to put forth our hands to any iniquity, though we have not what we would have, he keeps us in a good and fruitfull way; for to wait, is not only to endure, but ⟨p. 152⟩to endure in a good course, fitting us for happinesse, till grace end in glory.
In the fourth place, God will perform all his promises in time. As the Church saith here, This is the Lord, we have waited for him. Now he hath made good whatsoever he hath said.
In the fourth place, God will performe all his promises in time. As the Church saith here, This is the Lord, we have waited for him. Now he hath made good whatsoever he hath said.