B00698:61
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.
Scandalous courses: either by unreasonable use of ⟨p. 69⟩our liberty, without respect •o the weakness of others; •r by actions that are in themselves evil, or of ill re•ort; by such actions we grieve the spirits of others. An ill example always either grieveth or infecteth. The spirit of Lot was grieved for the unclean conversation of the Sodomites, which no question hastened their ruin.
Scandalous courses: either by unreasonable use of ⟨p. 69⟩our liberty, without respect •o the weakenesse of others; •r by actions that are in themselves evill, or of ill re•ort; by such actions wee •rieve the spirits of others. An ill example alwaies ei•her grieveth or infecteth. The spirit of Lot was grieved for the uncleane conversation of the Sodomites, which no question hastened their ruine.
1How shall we know when we grieve the Spirit? we may know that by the sins before mentioned, as the cause of grief. Again, the Spirit will bring report of ••s own grief: we may know we have offended a friend when he leaves our company; so we may know we have discontented the ⟨p. 70⟩Spirit by spiritual defend once, both in respect of assistance in the performance o• duties, and resisting temptations, and bearing afflictions; as also in respect o comfort, as when we find a strangeness and dullness of disposition; unless it be from some natural distemper of body, we may fear all is not well.