Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

.. pale of the ~:~~r:~~;~~:;:::ythecorn. Sn~;H; l ruing in:of the Gentiles:fowHl there be a royall .1 feafi when the Iewc:s fhall be converted. Blejed. Rev. 19.9. then ]hall thofi /;e that jhall he called. to the Supper ! of the Lamb. Suppers ~tre in rh: end oftbe day, and this Supper fhall be furnifht towards the end ofthe world. But then will be the true magl'lificent fupper, when all that belong to GodseleCtion fi11ll meet together,and feed upon that heavenly Manna for ever ~ then there will be notfuing but marrow it felf<!,and wine without all dregs,; in all our con– tentments here,there isfome mixture ofthe con– tnuy;then noth.ing but pure quintdfence. In the meahe time he lets-fall fome Manna in this our wilderndfe,he lets us reliili that now ~is will not putrifie as the other Manna did, but endure, and make us endure forever .Its the true breadof/ife. . Marke how Chrift drawes his Spoufe on to drinke,and drinke abundantly;there is no danger 0fraking too much: where the fpring is infinite, we can never draw thefe wels dry, never fucke thefe breafrs ofconfolation too much, and the . more firong and chearfull we are, the better fer– vice we fhall performe,and the moreaccepred: delightis as fugar,fweet in it felf, and it fweetens all things els.The joy ofthe Lord is our firength . Dutiescomeoffmore gracefully, and Religion is made more lovely in the eyes of aiJ; when it comes forth in ftrength and checrfulnes,Chrilts houfe-keeping is credited hereby·. In -our Fathers .houfi u plenty enough. When the Martyrs had drunke I I I

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