Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

74 . Eat 0 friends, Dr.ink: (. . !SER.III. ter encouragement canwe wilh,then that web·~- l ingbynarure as theEarth, fince the: fall accurfed, \ fhould be the {oile of Chrifis delight, planted I I / I . . and watered by him, and that what we yeeld, 1. fhould befo well taken of him.. We are under fo ! gracious a covenant, that all our fervices arcac. \ cepted,not.only our bonel,but homy -com!Je ; pot . 1 onlyourwrneJ but our rmlke,our weake fervices. as well asour firong,becaufe the fpirit whichwe l ~ave from him~weetnethall. As in nature there 1 1s one common mfluence from heaven ~ but yet I varietyof flowers, Viole~s,Rofes,Gilly.Bowers, Spices,all fweet in their feverall kind with a dif– ferent kind of fweetndfe:fo all graces have their beginning from the common influece ofChrifts \ lam.I.I7· Mat. I ~.2.8, Luk,:l.l .J' I.t.viq 7• Exod 35.6. Spirit, though they differ one from another,and : are all accepted of the Father of Lix,hts, from I whence they coll\e. Chrill: wonders at his owne j grace, o womtmg're~t-u thyfiith, and Cant-_3 6. i. Who is thu that commethout of the wilderneje l:ke i pillarsoffmoake, perfumedwithmyrrhandfrankin– cenfe,with allpowders ofthe t...foterchant? . Let notthe weakeft ofall others be difcoura ~ ged;Chrift looks not towhat he ~rings fo much as .out ofwhatfi:ore; that which isleafl: in quan– tity, may be moft in proportion; as theWidowes mite was more in acceptance then t'icher offe– rings. A paireiftiJrtledoveswas accepted in the Law,and thofe that brought butgoats hairetothe buildingofthe Tabernacle. · . The particulars . here fpecified that Chrift tookedelight in, and inviteth others to a further .degree ofdelight ia,are, Mjrr/9 \

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