B00698:24
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.
The third ground is, that ⟨p. 14⟩we, the best of us, are prone to grieve this holy Spirit: what use were there else of this caveat? we carry too good a proof or this in our own hearts: we have that which is enmity to the spirit within us, sin; and an adversary to the spirit & us, Satan: These joining together, and having intelligence, and holding correspondence, one with another, stir us up to that which grieves this good Spirit.
The third ground is, that ⟨p. 14⟩we, the best of us, are prone to grieve this holy Spirit: what use were there else of this caveat? wee carry too good a proofe or this in our owne hearts: we have that which is enmitie to the spirit within us, sinne; and an adversary to the spirit & us, Sathan: These joyning together, and having intelligence, and holding correspondence, one with another, stirre us up to that which grieves this good Spirit.
1The fourth thing presupposed, is, that we may and ought by Christian care and circumspection, so to walk in an even and pleasing course, that we shall not grievously offend the spirit, or grieve our own ⟨p. 15⟩spirits. We may avoid many lashes and blows, and many an heavy day which we may thank our selves for, and God delighteth in the prosperity of his children, and would have us walk in the comforts of the holy Ghost, and is grieved when we grieve him: that then he must grieve us to prevent worse grief. The due and proper act of a Christian in this life is to please Christ, and to be comfortable in himself, and so to be fitted for all services.
1The fourth thing presupposed, is, that we may and ought by Christian care and circumspection, so to walke in an even and pleasing course, that wee shall not grievously offend the spirit, or grieve our owne