A breathing after God. Or a Christians desire of Gods presence. By the late reverent and worthy divine Richard Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometime preacher of Graies-Inne
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A breathing after God. Or a Christians desire of Gods presence. By the late reverent and worthy divine Richard Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometime preacher of Graies-Inne
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Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.
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London :: Printed by Iohn Dawson for R. M[abb] and are to be sold by Thomas Slater, at the Swan in Duck-lane,
1639.
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God -- Worship and love -- Early works to 1800.
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"A breathing after God. Or a Christians desire of Gods presence. By the late reverent and worthy divine Richard Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometime preacher of Graies-Inne." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12168.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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The Contents.
Difference of things in the world. page 20 The scope of a good heart in the use of Gods ordi∣nances, what it is. 25
Observation 1.
The object of a Christians desire what, 23
Why said to be one thing 27
In respect of God, ibid
In respect of the soule. 28
In respect of grace. 30
Vse.
To shew the folly of worldly men in the neglect of theone
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...thing necessary. 35
Thoughts and desires the the primitive issues of the heart. 37
How they are begotten 39
Obser. 2.
The spirit of God in the hearts of his children is effectuall in stirring up holy desires. 42
Trial of desires whether true
By their obiect. 44
By their fervencie. 45
By their constancie. ibid
By their rise 47
By their end. 48
By their endeavours. 54
Vse.
Exhortation to examine our desires. 51
Strong desires how to know when they are so. 57
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Obser. 3,
Holy desires are to bee tur∣ned into prayers. 66
Reas. 1.
Thereby wee maintaine ac∣quaintance with God. ibid
Reas. 2.
Thereby we manifest a good conscience. 69
Obser. 4.
Perseverance and importu∣nity requisite in prayer. 70
God doth not presently an∣swer our desires and why 78
Because he loues to heare us pray. ibid
To keepe us humble. ibid
To exercise our graces. 79
To make us prize his bles∣sings. 80
To teach vs to use them
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better when we enjoy them ibid
The having the spirit of prayer, better then the enjoyment of particular blessings. 81
Assurance before we pray to receiue what we pray for, no hinderance to prayer 84
Gods house what it is 91
Love of Gods children to good things constant. 99
Observa. 5.
God is beautiful in himself 117
In his Church. 118
Especially in Christ. 121
Christ most louely in his greatest abasement. 125
The Church beautifull.
In regard of the Angels 129
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In regard of the ordinances. 13••
The word preached. 133
The sacraments. 1••8
Discipline. 141
Ioynt service of God. 143
In regard of the Evidences of Gods loue. 146
Protection. 147
Effectuall calling. 148
Instification. 149
Sanctification. 150
Inward peace & joy. 152
The Church of God a Para∣dise. 157
Vse.
Exhortation to bee in loue with the beauty of God and his house. 160
Carnall men see not this beauty and why. 163
True delight wherein it
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consists. 166
Happines of man what. 170
How to come to see the beauty of God. 172
Get spirituall life ibid
Beg the spirit of revela∣tion. 173
Labour to see our owne deformity, 176
Consider Christs relations to us. 177
A continuall necessitie of the ordinances, 183
Private duties must give way to publique. 186
Papists their error in addi∣tion. 192
There hath alway beene a Church. 198
Marks of the true Church. 199
Abuse of things takes not a∣way
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their use. 200
What estate they are in that are cast out of the Church. 202
Tryals of our love to the beauty of Gods house, 206
How to come to see the beau∣ty of Gods house. 213
Vse Gods means. ibid
Come in faith. ibid
Compare the excellency of Gods house with other things. 215
Desire God to reveale him. selfe in his ordinances. 225
Motives to labour to see the beauty of God him∣selfe, and of his house. 228
It makes us glorious. 229
Our soules are made for
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these things. 231
Least God remoue his ordi∣nances. 234
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