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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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Again,1 as in a feast, besides choice, there is variety; so in Christ there is variety answerable to all our wants. Are we foolish, he is wisdom; have we guilt in our consciences, he is righteousness, and this righteousness is imputed unto us; are we defiled, he is sanctification; are we in misery, he is our redemption. If there be a thousand kinds of evils in us, there is a thousand ways to remedy them by Jesus Christ; Therefore the good things we have by Christ, are compared to all the benefits we have in this world, in Christ is choice and variety. Are we weak, he is meat to feed us, that we may be strong, he will refresh us, he is the best of meats, he is marrow; so are our spirits faint, he is wine: thus we have in Christ to supply all our wants, he is variety.
Againe,1 as in a feast, besides choice, there is variety; so in Christ there is variety answerable to all our wants. Are we foolish, he is wisdome; have we guilt in our consciences, he is righteousnesse, and this righteousnesse is imputed unto us; are we defiled, he is sanctification; are wee in misery, he is our redemption. If there be a thousand kinds of evils in us, there is a thousand waies to remedy them by Jesus Christ; Therefore the good things we have by Christ, are compared to all the benefits we have in this world, in Christ is choice and variety. Are we weake, he is meat to feed us, that we may be strong, he will refresh us, he is the best of meats, he is marrow; so are our spirits faint, he is wine: thus we have in Christ to supply all our wants, he is variety.
- 12. There is variety of favours in Christ.
There is a plant among the Indians called by the name of Coquus, 1the fruit thereof serveth for meat and drink, to comfort and refresh the body: It yieldeth that whereof the people make apparel to clothe themselves