Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

368 His Countenance is as Lebamm. Sa a,XVI I countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the Ce– dars, that is', his prdence is goodly, !btdy, and majefticall, fo it is and will be when he ihewes himfelfe indeed- for the vindicating of his Church, then the enemies thereof ihall knew that his prefence isas Lebanon, and e-xcellent as, _ the Cedars. lit ~b~t regarJ The ChiJdrt'nof God are like to Cedars too, chrifltanr are r h Ch ·a fi" ll h . likeu~aroce10r t ey are n my tea • Ot er men are a! Jars. ·thrubs to them, men of no value, but they are Howwirked menare[aid . al(6 to be ·CeJ4'N. Pfal.37~ Cedars,and grow as Cetiars ;nLehamm,fromper– fection to perfcet:ion, bearing moft fruit in their age.Wicked men fomtirnes are Cedars too, and arefaid to grow and flouriih a_s rhe Cedars in Le– banon:Buflooke awhile, and you fball fce thdr place no more,tpey have no good root, Ro good foundation, A Chriftian uta Cedar ftt in chrijl the ehiefi Cedar, he is a plant that growes in him, he hath an eternall root,and therefore he flouritheth · erernllly. , T~4t t~e ~orJr HiJ mouth is mljl (weet )he iJAltogether:lovely. l of Chrift ~herHis mouth is moll: fweet, ilie doubles this by he manifeftr d . fb h d r. "db r h" r· fatherlyaffecti· cornmen ~ltlon, e a 1at . erore 1s 1ps are ' Olt_tom areofa!l as Lillies dropping fweet myrrh, here ihe faith tbmgsmofi • fh" b · • flr. {h h J:weet. agame o . lS mout . , 1~ ts rno "'1 weet/O ew t at that is the chiefelovelything in Chrift,the repe- : tition argueth the ferioufndfeof the Churches· affedion to Chrill,and of the excellency ofthat p:trr.l he main lovely thing is that_whiehc.omes fmm his heart by his ·words and his lips, as in– .deed themoflexcellent thing that wecan thinke Gf is the cxpreffion of the ·heart of God in Chrifi, I

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