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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 the hard rock in the wilderness, when it was strucken with the rod of Moses, presently water gushed out in abundance, which preserved life to the Israelites: so Christ the rock of our salvation, the strength of his Church, the rock and fortress of all his Saints; when his precious side was gored with the bloody lance upon the cross, that the blood gushed out, and in such a manner and such abundance, that by the shedding thereof our souls are preserved alive. He is both Manna and the rock of water; Manna had all in it, so had the rock, and all necessities are plentifully supplied by Christ. The Church of God hath always had bread to satisfy spiritual hunger, it never wanted necessary comforts. It is said, Rev. 12. When the Church fled into the wilderness, God fed her there; alluding to the children of Israel, fed by Manna. The Jews did not want in the wilderness, nor the Church of God, never wanted comfort, though in the midst of the persecution and oppression ⟨p. 15⟩of all her enemies. When Elijah was in the wilderness he was fed. The Church of God shall not only be fed in her body, but in her soul, for Christ hath hidden Manna for his Elect; this doth typify the exceeding joy of the Church, the hidden Manna, that neither eye hath seen, nor ear heard of, neither can it enter into the heart of man to conceive of those joys that the Church of God shall have when the marriage shall be consummated. Joy in the Holy Ghost, and peace of conscience, they are hid from the world, and sometimes from Gods people themselves, though they shall enjoy them hereafter.
Againe,1 the hard rocke in the wildernesse, when it was strucken with the rod of Moses, presently water gushed out in abundance, which preserved life to the Israelites: so Christ the rocke of our salvation, the strength of his Church, the rocke and fortresse of all his Saints; when his precious side was gored with the bloudy lance upon the crosse, that the blood gushed out, and in such a manner and such abundance, that by the shedding thereof our soules are preserved alive. He is both Manna and the rocke of water; Manna had all in it, so had the rocke, and all necessities are plentifully supplied by Christ. The Church of God hath alwaies had bread to satisfie spirituall hunger, it never wanted necessary comfots. It is said,