B00698:242
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.
2 What God doth for us,1 he doth by grace in us, he will preserve us that we shall not ⟨p. 247⟩fall from him by putting the grace of fear into us, Jer. He will keep us, but by what means?2 The peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall guard our hearts. God maketh our Calling and Election sure in us,3 by stirring our hearts up to be diligently exercised in adding one grace unto another, and in growing in every grace, as 2 Pet 1. Therefore we must attend upon all spiritual means of growth and quickening: so shall you have a further entrance into the kingdom of Jesus Christ: that is, you shall have more evident knowledge of your entrance into the kingdom of grace here, and likewise into the kingdom of glory hereafter. Those that do not so, ⟨p. 248⟩shall have no comfort either from the time past, for they shall forget they were purged from their sins, or from thoughts of the time to come, for they shall not be able to see things far off.
2 What God doth for us,1 he doth by grace in us, he wil preserve us that we shall not ⟨p. 247⟩fall from him by putting the grace of feare into us, Ier. He will keep us, but by what means?2 The peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall guard our hearts. God maketh our Calling and Election sure in us,3 by stirring our hearts up to be diligently exercised in adding one grace unto another, and in growing in every grace, as 2 Pet 1. Therefore wee must attend upon al spiritual means of growth and quickening: so shall you have a further entrance into the kingdome of Iesus Christ: that is, you shall have more evident knowledge of your entāce into the kingdom of grace here, and likewise into the kingdome of glory hereafter. Those that do not so,