B00698:125
A fountain sealed: or, The duty of the sealed to the Spirit, and the…
A fountain sealed: or, The duty of the sealed to the Spirit, and the work of the Spirit in sealing. Wherein many things are handled about the Holy Spirit, and grieving of it: as also of assurance and sealing what it is, the privileges and degrees of it, with the signs to discern, and means to preserve it. : Being the substance of divers sermons preached at Gray's Inn. / By that Reverend Divine, Richard Sibbes D.D. and sometimes preacher to that honourable society.A fountain sealed: or, The duty of the sealed to the Spirit, and the worke of the Spirit in sealing. Wherein many things are handled about the Holy Spirit, and grieving of it: as also of assurance and sealing what it is, the priviledges and degrees of it, with the signes to discerne, and means to preserve it. : Being the substance of divers sermons preached at Grayes Inne. / By that Reverend Divine, Richard Sibbes D.D. and sometimes preacher to that honourable society.
London: printed by Thomas Harper for Lawrence Chapman, 1638
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1 Seals serve for conformation and allowance,1 to that purpose measures are sealed: God is said to seal instruction. Job 33.16. Confirmation is either by giving strength, or by the authority ⟨p. 132⟩of suck as are able to make good what they promise; & also willing, which they show by putting to their seal, which hath as much strength to confirm him to whom the promise is made, as he hath will and power to make it good that hath engaged himself. Amongst men, there is the writing, and the seal to the writing; when the seal is added to the writing, there is a perfect ratification: So there are abundance of gracious promises in the Scriptures▪ now when the Spirit comes and seals them to the soul, then they are sure to us; the Spirit puts the seal to the promises.
1 Seales serve for conformation and allowance,1 to that purpose measures are sealed: God is said to seale instruction. Iob 33.16. Confirmation is either by giving strength, or by the authority ⟨p. 132⟩of suck as are able to make good what they promise; & also willing, which they shew by putting to their seale, which hath as much strength to confirme him to whom the promise is made, as he hath will and power to make it good that hath ingaged himselfe. Amongst men, there is the writing, and the seale to the writing; when the seale is added to the writing, there is a perfect ratification: So there are abundance of gracious promises in the Scriptures▪ now when the Spirit comes and seals them to the soule, then they are sure to us; the Spirit puts the seale to the promises.
- 11 For conformation.