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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.
Gods intendment is to bring us to heaven by a way of love, and cheerfulness; as all his ways towards us in our salvation, are in love. And this is the scope of the covenant of grace; and for this end he sends the Spirit ⟨p. 245⟩of adoption into our hearts, that we may have a child-like liberty with God in all our addresses to him. When he offers himself to us as a father, it is fit we should offer our selves to him as children; nature teaches a child, the more he desires his fathers love, the more he fears to displease him. And he is judged to be graceless, that will therefore venture to offend his father, because he knows he neither can, or will disinherit him. Certain it is, the more surely we know God hath begotten us to so glorious an inheritance, the more it will work upon our bowels, to take all to heart that may any way touch him: this wrought upon David, when the Prophet ⟨p. 246⟩told him, God hath done this and this for thee, and would have done more, if that had been too little, 1it melted him presently into an humble confession. Those that have felt the power of the Spirit of adoption on their hearts, will both by a divine instinct, as also by strength of reason, be carried to all those courses wherein they shall approve themselves to their father. Instinct of nature strengthened with grounds, will move strongly.
Gods intendment is to bring us to heaven by a way of love, and cheerefulnesse; as all his wayes towards us in our salvation, are in love. And this is the scope of the covenant of grace; and for this end hee sends the Spirit ⟨p. 245⟩of adoption into our hearts, that we may have a childe-like liberty with God in all our addresses to him. When he offers himselfe to us as a father, it is fit we should offer our selves to him as children; nature teaches a child, the more hee desires his fathers love, the more he fears to displease him. And hee is judged to be gracelesse, that will therefore venture to offend his father, because hee knowes hee neither can, or will disinherit him. Certaine it is, the more surely wee know God hath begotten us to so glorious aninheritance, the more it will worke upon our bowels, to take all to heart that may any way touch him: this wrought upon David, when the Prophet