B00698:97
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.
1And take heed that nothing come in, nor go out of our souls that may grieve the Spirit of God: some things come in to us that grieve the Spirit; the corruptions we receive from others: some things ⟨p. 110⟩come out of our hearts that grieves Gods Spirit, as corrupt thoughts, and speeches, that indeed is the scope of this place, Let no corrupt communication come out of your mouths, &c. and then follows, And grieve not the holy Spirit of God. And after again he saith, Let all bitterness, and wrath, and clamour be laid aside; insinuating that one way of grieving the Spirit, is by ill and cor••• •••g•age. We can never •a••e with company that is not spiritual, but they will either vex, and grieve us or •••t, and defile us; unless it be in such exigences of our calling as requires our converse with them. But I speak of a voluntary choice of such as ⟨p. 111⟩savour not good things. Many men to please their own carnal spirits, and the carnal spirits of others, they vent that that is against conscience, and against that that is higher then conscience, a more divine principle, the holy Spirit of God: loose carnal speakers, are people void of the power of Religion.
1And take heede that nothing come in, nor goe out of our soules that may grieve the Spirit of God: some things come in to us that grieve the Spirit; the corruptions wee receive from others: some things ⟨p. 110⟩come out of our hearts that grieves Gods Spirit, as corrupt thoughts, and speeches, that indeed is the scope of this place, Let no corrupt communication come out of your mouthes, &c. and then follows, And grieve not the holy Spirit of God. And after againe he saith, Let all bitternesse, and wrath, and clamour bee laid aside; insinuating that one way of grieving the Spirit, is by ill and cor gage. Wee can never ae with company that is not spirituall, but they will either vexe, and grieve us or t, and defile us; unlesse it bee in such exigences of our calling as requires our converse with them. But I speake of a voluntary choyce of such as