B00698:175
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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3 Where this sealing of the Spirit is, there followeth ⟨p. 184⟩also upon it a lifting up of the head, in thinking of our latter end; it makes one think of the times to come with joy, as the holy Ghost here mentioneth the day of redemption; as a motive to them to take heed that they did not grieve the Spirit: intimating, they should think of the day of redemption with a great deal of joy and comfort. The Saints are described in Scripture to be those that look for the appearing of Christ: they are Christs, and in him their reckonings and accounts are even. And therefore with delight they can often think and meditate upon the blessed times that are to come.
3 Where this sealing of the Spirit is, there followeth ⟨p. 184⟩also upon it a lifting up of the head, in thinking of our latter end; it makes one thinke of the times to come with joy, as the holy Ghost here mentioneth the day of redemption; as a motive to them to take heed that they did not grieve the Spirit: intimating, they should thinke of the day of redemption with a great deale of joy and comfort. The Saints are described in Scripture to be those that looke for the appearing of Christ: they are Christs, and in him their reckonings and accounts are even. And therefore with delight they can often think and meditate upon the blessed times that are to come.
There be divers degrees of sealing, arising from divers degrees of revelation. God first reveals his good will in his promises to all believers; this is the privilege of the Church, especially in these latter times: then by his Spirit reveals those saving truths to those that are his by a divine light. So that by argument drawn from the power, they feel from truths in searching secrets, in casting down, in raising up, in staying the soul, they can seal to them that they are divine.
There be divers degrees of sealing, arising from divers degrees of revelation. God first reveales his good will in his promises to all beleevers; this is the priviledge of the Church, especially in these latter times: then by his Spirit reveales those saving truths to those that are his by a divine light. So that by argument drawne from the power, they feele from truths in searching secrets, in casting downe, in raising up, in staying the soule, they can seale to them that they are divine.