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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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In sickness & weakness of body, or when age hath overtaken us, that we cannot live long here, and the horror of the grave, the house of darkness, is presented to us. Oh let us think, there will be a redemption of our bodies, as well as of our souls! Christ will redeem ⟨p. 193⟩our bodies from corruption, as he came to work the redemption of our souls from sin and death; and he that will redeem our bodies out of the grave, he will redeem his Church out of misery, he will call the Jews; he that will do the greater, will do the inferior. When we hear of this, let us think with comfort of all the promises that are yet unperformed.
In sicknesse & weaknes of body, or when age hath overtaken us, that we cannot live long here, and the horrour of the grave, the house of darkenesse, is presented to us. Oh let us thinke, there will bee a redemption of our bodies, as well as of our soules! Christ will redeem ⟨p. 193⟩our bodies from corruption, as he came to work the redemption of our soules from sinne and death; and hee that will redeeme our bodies out of the grave, he will redeeme his Church out of misery, hee will call the Iewes; hee that will doe the greater, will doe the inferiour. When wee heare of this, let us thinke with comfort of all the promises that are yet unperformed.
1Secondly, full redemption is not yet, What need I bring Scripture to prove it? It is a point that every mans experience teacheth. Alas, let our bodies speake• we are not free from sickness and diseases: nay, what is our life but a going ⟨p. 194⟩to corruption? the sentence is passed upon us, earth returneth to earth; till death we are going to death, so besides sickness and weakness here, we must dye, and after death be subject to corruption. The Apostle in this respect calleth our body, a vile body. As for our souls, though they be freed from the guilt and damnation of sin, yet there are remainders of corruption that breed fear and terror; and though they be freed from the rule of Satan, yet not from his molestation and vexations by temptations. In a word, our whole state and condition in this world, is a state and condition of misery, we are followed with many