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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 as with admiration so with invitation, that is the nature of true thankfulness; there is no envy in spiritual things, no man envieth another the light of the Scriptures, but lo, behold with admiration, and invitation of all others, This is the Lord.
And as with admiration so with invitation, that is the nature of true thankfullnesse; there is no envy in spirituall things, no man envyeth another the light of the Scriptures, but loe, behold with admiration, and invitation of all others, This is the Lord.
Let us therefore rejoice beforehand, at the glorious times to come, both to our selves and to others, be stirring, and exciting one another to glory, and rejoice in God our salvation.1
Let us therefore rejoyce beforehand, at the glorious times to come, both to our selves and to others, be stiring, and exciting one another to glory, and rejoyce in God our salvation.1
- 11 Be not offended at the meanness of the Church.1 Be not offended at the meanenesse of the Church.
And therefore learn all to be stirred up from hence, not to be offended with Christ, or with Religion. Be not offended, saith Austin, with the parvity of Religion. Every thing to the eyes of the world is little in Religion. A Christian is a despised person, and the Church, the meanest part of the world, in regard of outward glory, but consider with the littleness,1