B00698:206
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 must be a good ⟨p. 213⟩title before a confirmation, a planting before a rooting and establishing, the bargain before the earnest. Some would have Faith to be an over-pouring light of the soul, whereby undoubtedly they believe themselves to be Christ, and Christ to be theirs: which stumbleth many a weak, yet true Christian, for this is rather the fruit of a strong Faith, then the act of a weak, which struggleth with doubting, until it hath gotten the upper hand. True it is, there must be so much light let in to the soul, as the soul may rely upon Christ, and this light must be discovered by the Spirit, and such a ⟨p. 214⟩light as shows a special love of Christ to the soul. And again, it is true that we are not to take up our rest in the light, until the heart be further subdued: as many are too hasty to conclude of a good condition upon uncertain signs, before they have attained unto fuller assurance, but yet we must not deny faith where this strong assurance is wanting, so far as to conclude against our selves; if there be desires, putting on, to endeavour with conflict against the rising of unbelief, with a high prising of the favour of God in Christ, so as to value it above all things. Degrees do not vary the kind, weakness may stand with ⟨p. 215⟩truth; but where truth is, there will be an unceasing desire of future sealing.
there must be a good ⟨p. 213⟩title before a confirmation, a planting before a rooting and establishing, the bargaine before the earnest. Some would have Faith to bee an over-powring light of the soule, whereby undoubtedly they beleeve themselves to bee Christ, and Christ to be theirs: which stumbleth many a weake, yet true Christian, for this is rather the fruit of a strong Faith, then the act of a weake, which struggleth with doubting, untill it hath gotten the upper hand. True it is, there must bee so much light let in to the soule, as the soule may rely upon Christ, and this light must bee discovered by the Spirit, and such a ⟨p. 214⟩