A93248:98
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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These depend one upon another, being the several Services of the Feast.1 He promiseth a Feast in the sixth Verse. And what be the several Services. He will destroy in this mountain, this Church, the face of covering cast over all people, &c. He will take away the veil of Ignorance, and unbelief, that they may have special sight of heavenly things, without which they cannot relish heavenly things, they can take no joy at this Feast.
These depend one upon another, being the severall Services of the Feast.1 He promiseth a Feast in the sixth Verse. And what be the severall Services. He will destroy in this mountaine, this Church, the face of covering cast over all people, &c. Hee will take away the vaile of Ignorance, and unbeliefe, that they may have speciall sight of heavenly things, without which they cannot relish heavenly things, they can take no joy at this Feast.
- 1The services of this Feast.
And then, because there can be no Feast, where there is the greatest enemy in force and power, he swallows up death in victory. Death keeps us in fear all our life time, that that swalloweth up all Kings and Monarchs; the terror of the World Death shall be, and is swallowed up by our head, Christ, and shall be swallowed up by us in victory. In the mean time we are subject to many sorrows which cause tears; for tears are but drops that issue from that cloud of sorrow: And sorrow we have always in this world, either from our sins, or miseries, or sympathy in tears of that kind. Well, the time will come that tears shall be wiped away, and the cause of tears; all sorrow for our own sins, for our own misery, and for sympathizing with the times wherein we live. Our time shall be hereafter at the day of the resurrection, when all tears shall be wiped from our eyes: God will perform that office of a mother to wipe the children's eyes, or of a Nurse to take away all cause of grief whatsoever, else it cannot be a perfect feast.