Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

Et!lt 0 friends,Drinke) 7! give better then himfelf~ to feed on~he thought SB R.IIJ. Flothingelfe worthy for t~e fo~le t? feed cn;and this it daily feeds on;ts d;ulygmlt rtfeth from rhe breakings out of the remainder of corrurtion. Other dainties are from this,from hecewe have rhe Spirit,and graces 0f ·the Spirit. If he giveth himfelf,will he not give all things with himfelf~ 2, AsChrifl: maketh a feafl: of choife things for his eled and choife Spoufe, fo there is variety as ·ina feafi. (hrijf ismade to tu ifGod,Wifedemu, Righteoujnejfe, San8ifcation,4ndRedemption, that 1 Cor. l .Jo. we ihould not be too much caft downe with thought ofourownefolly,guilt, unholindfe,and mifery. There is that inChrifl:whichanfwereth todl our wants, and anall-fufficiency for a11 degrees of happindfe. Therefore he hath termes · fromwhatfoever is glorious,and comfortable in heaven and earth. Chrifi is ttflmarrorv, allfweet. nelfe ; all the feverall graces and comforts we have,and the feverall promifes wherby they are made over and conveyed unto us, are but Chri.ft diiliedout infeverall mann~r,astheneed ofeveryChrill:ian fuall require. Chrifi himfelfe is the I Oct~n,iffuing into feverall ~reames, ~~ refrelh the a1ty of God.We can be 10 no condmon, but we have a promifc: to feed on, andaUpromifts ttre ·Yea 11ndl.Amtn made to us in Chrifr~:imd perfor2. C•r.r.~-o. med to us for Chrifi. Therefore as we have in Chrifl: afeafl: for variety,fo for fufficiency ofall good. No man go– eth bungry from a feafr. It was never heard for any to famifh at a feafl:. In Chriftthere is not onI F 2 · ly ·----------------------- - \

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