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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.
These things premised, it is easy to conceive the equity of the Apostles dissuasive from grieving the holy spirit. For the better unfolding of which, we will ⟨p. 16⟩unfold these four points. First,1 what it is to grieve the Spirit. Secondly, is wherein we specially grieve the Spirit. Thirdly, how we may know when we have grieved the Spirit Fourthly, what course we should take to prevent this grief.
These things premised, it is easie to conceive the equitie of the Apostles disswasive from grieving the holy spirit. For the better unfolding of which, we will ⟨p. 16⟩unfold these foure points. First,1 what it is to grieve the Spirit. Secondly, is wherein we specially grieve the Spirit. Thirdly, how wee may know when wee have grieved the Spirit Fourthly, what course wee should take to prevent this griefe.
- 1Four points observed.Foure points observed.
1For the first: The holy Ghost cannot properly be grieved in his own person, because grief implies a defect of happiness in suffering that we wish removed. It implies a defect in foresight, to prevent that which may grieve. It implies passion, which is soon raised up, and soon laid down: GOD is not subject to change; it implies some want ⟨p. 17⟩of power to remove that which we feel to be a grievance: and therefore it is not beseeming the Majesty of the Spirit thus to be grieved. We must therefore conceive of it as befitting the Majesty of God, removing in our thoughts all imperfections. First then we are said to grieve God,