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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
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2 A liberty and boldness with GOD: for where the Spirit is, there is a gracious liberty; that is, further enlargements from the law, guilt of sin, and the fear of the wrath of GOD, that we can come with so me boldness to his throne, and to him as our Father, a freedom to open our souls in prayer before him. This stands not so much in multitude of words, or forms of expressions, but a son-like boldness in our approaches in prayer. The Hypocrite especially in extremity, cannot pray, his Conscience stops his mouth: but where the Spirit ⟨p. 180⟩sealeth, it giveth this liberty, freely to open and spread our case before him, and call upon him, yea under the evidence of some displeasure.
2 A libertie and boldnesse with GOD: for where the Spirit is, there is a gracious liberty; that is, further inlargements from the law, guilt of sinne, and the feare of the wrath of GOD, that wee can come with so me boldnesse to his throne, and to him as our Father, a freedome to open our soules in prayer before him. This stands not so much in multitude of words, or formes of expressions, but a sonne-like boldnesse in our approaches in prayer. The Hypocrite especially in extremity, cannot pray, his Conscience stoppes his mouth: but where the Spirit ⟨p. 180⟩sealeth, it giveth this liberty, freely to open and spread our case before him, and call upon him, yea under the evidence of some displeasure.
3 There doth likewise ordinarily accompany this sealing of the Spirit, Satan's malice and opposition; who being cast from heaven himself, envies this H•aven upon earth in a creature of meaner rank by crea ion then himself: we must not think to enjoy pure joy here without molestation, If there be danger of exalting above measure, we must look for some messenger of Satan.1