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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 there is variety in a Feast, so there is sufficiency, full sufficiency. We beheld the only begotten Son of God, full of grace and truth. And being full of grace, He is wise, and able to furnish this heavenly banquet, with enough of all sorts of provisions fit for the soul to feed upon. There's abundance of grace, and excellency, and sufficiency in Christ; And it must needs be, because he is a Saviour of Gods own sending. Labour not therefore for the meat that perisheth, but for the meat that the Son of God shall give you, for him hath God the Father sealed. That is, sent forth for this purpose to feed the Church of God. As there is an all-sufficiency in God, so in Christ, who by the sacrificing of himself was able to give satisfaction to divine justice. Therefore (saith he) My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. That is, spiritually to the soul he is food indeed, and can satisfy Gods justice. If we consider him as God alone, he is a consuming fire; or as man alone, he can do nothing: But considered as God-man, he is meat indeed, and drink indeed. And now the soul is content with that, which Divine justice is contented withal; though our consciences be large, yet God is larger, and above our consciences: Therefore as there is variety of excellency, so is there sufficiency, and fullness ⟨p. 11⟩in Christ; what he did, he did to the full. He is a Saviour and he filleth up that name to the full. His pardon for sin, is a full pardon. His merits for us are full merits. His satisfaction to divine justice, a full satisfaction. His redemption of our souls and bodies, a full redemption; thus all he did was full.
Againe,1 as there is variety in a Feast, so there is sufficiency, full sufficiency. We beheld the only begotten Son of God, full of grace and truth. And being full of grace, He is wise, and able to furnish this heavenly banquet, with enough of all sorts of provisions fit for the soule to feed upon. Ther's abundance of grace, and excellency, and sufficiency in Christ; And it must needs be, because he is a Saviour of Gods owne sending. Labour not therefore for the meate that perisheth, but for the meat that the Son of God shall give you, for him hath God the Father sealed. That is, sent forth for this purpose to feed the Church of God. As there is an all-sufficiency in God, so in Christ, who by the sacrificing of himselfe was able to give satisfaction to divine justice. Therefore (saith he) My flesh is meate indeed, and my bloud is drinke indeed. That is, spiritually to the soule he is food indeed, and can satisfie Gods justice. If we consider him as God alone, he is a consuming fire; or as man alone, he can do nothing: But considered as God-man, he is meate indeed, and drinke indeed. And now the soule is content with that, which Divine justice is contented withall; though our consciences be large, yet God is larger, and above our consciences: Therefore as there is variety of excellency, so is there sufficiency, and fulnesse