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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
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.
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.
The same Spirit that reveals the power of the Word to me, reveals in particular mine own interest in all those truths ⟨p. 186⟩upon hearing them. Whereupon they are written in my heart, as if they had been made in particular to me: the comfortable truths in the Word are transcribed into my heart answerable to the Word; as that GOD in Christ is mine, forgiveness mine, grace mine: whereupon adoption in Christ is sealed; which God still sealeth further to my soul by increase of comfort, as he seeth cause for encouragement. The same Spirit that manifesteth in me the word, I hear and read to be the truth of God, from the power and efficacy of it: the same Spirit teacheth to apply it, and in applying of it, sealeth me.
The same Spirit that reveales the power of the Word to mee, reveales in particular mine owne interest in all those truths ⟨p. 186⟩upon hearing them. Whereupon they are written in my heart, as if they had beene made in particular to me: the comfortable truths in the Word are transcribed into my heart answerable to the Word; as that GOD in Christ is mine, forgivenesse mine, grace mine: whereupon adoption in Christ is sealed; which God still sealeth further to my soule by increase of comfort, as hee seeth cause for incouragement. The same Spirit that manifesteth in me the word, I heare and reade to bee the truth of God, from the power and efficacie of it: the same Spirit teacheth to apply it, and in applying of it, sealeth me.