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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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Again there must be a faculty to retain what we have received, that it maybe digested; ye have many that love to hear, but they do not digest. If there be nothing in the soul, nothing can be extracted, and therefore we must learn to retain necessary truths, that so upon occasion they may come from the memory into the heart; though indeed they are not in their proper place when they are in the memory only, yet notwithstanding if they are there, they may with ease be brought down into the soul.
Againe there must be a faculty to retaine what wee have received, that it maybe disgested; yee have many that love to heare, but they do not disgest. If there be nothing in the soule, nothing can be extracted, and therefore we must learne to retaine necessary truths, that so upon occasion they may come from the memory into the heart; though indeed they are not in their proper place when they are in the memory only, yet notwithstanding if they are there, they may with ease be brought down into the soule.
Then we must labour to walk in the strength of spiritual things.1 For what is the use of this Feast,2 but to cherish both soul and spirit? the use of spiritual things which we have through Christ, is to cherish and enliven. It conveyeth strength to us, that we may walk in the strength of Christ, as Elijah did forty days in the strength of his food. And consider, though in our consciences ⟨p. 24⟩and conditions we have variety of changes, yet in Christ we have several comforts suitable to all our several conditions. If so be our sins trouble us, we should watch over our selves, that we be not overmuch cast down, but feed upon spiritual things in consideration of pardon for sin in the blood of Christ; this is the grand issue of all that Christ hath traced out in the forgiveness of sins. He is not, he cannot be divided; where he pardons sins, he sanctifieth; where he sanctifieth, he writes his law in their hearts, so that there is a chain of spiritual favours, where the first link is, all the rest follow; where forgiveness of sin is, there is the spirit, and that spirit sanctifieth, and comforts, and is an earnest of everlasting life; therefore feed especially upon the favours of God, and get forgiveness of sins, and then all the rest of the chain of grace and spiritual life will follow.