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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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Sermon 1: THE Marriage Feast, BETWEEN CHRIST and his CHURCH.
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Why is he called the Lord of Hosts?
Why is he called the Lord of Hoasts?
It is an usual term, to set forth the glory of God, to ⟨p. 7⟩make his power, and the greatness of his Majesty known amongst the children of men.
It is an usuall terme, to set forth the glory of God, to ⟨p. 7⟩make his power, and the greatnesse of his Majesty known amongst the children of men.
He shall make a feast for all people.
Those that are invited to this glorious feast,1 are all people, none excepted, none excluded, that will come in to Christ; some of all sorts, of all nations, of all languages; this hath relation to the time of the Gospel. The Church at first had its being in particular families, but afterwards more enlarged. The Church at the first was of the daughters of men, and the sons of God; the children of the Church mingled with a generation of corrupt persons, that would keep in no bounds; but after Abraham's time, there was another generation of the Church, that so it was a little more enlarged. Then there was a third generation, a divided generation, consisting of Jews, and Gentiles; So that when Christ came into the world, the bounds of the Church began to enlarge themselves more and more; so that now it is in this happy condition, Come ye all unto me, all that are heavy laden; both Jews and Gentiles, all are invited whosoever they are, nothing is now unclean.