An exposition of the third chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians also two sermons of Christian watchfulnesse. The first upon Luke 12 37. The second upon Revel. 16.15. An exposition of part of the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philipp. A sermon upon Mal. 4. 2.3. By the late reverend divine Richard Sibbes, D.D. master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne.
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An exposition of the third chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians also two sermons of Christian watchfulnesse. The first upon Luke 12 37. The second upon Revel. 16.15. An exposition of part of the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philipp. A sermon upon Mal. 4. 2.3. By the late reverend divine Richard Sibbes, D.D. master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne.
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Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.
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London :: Printed by T. Cotes [and John Dawson] for Peter Cole, and are to be sold at the Glove & Lyon in Corne-hill, neare the Royall Exchange,
1639.
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"An exposition of the third chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians also two sermons of Christian watchfulnesse. The first upon Luke 12 37. The second upon Revel. 16.15. An exposition of part of the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philipp. A sermon upon Mal. 4. 2.3. By the late reverend divine Richard Sibbes, D.D. master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12184.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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VERS. 4. Though I might also have confidence in the flesh, if any other man thinketh, that he hath where∣of he might trust in the flesh, I more.
AS if he had said: if any other man may glory in the flesh, then may I much more. But I doe not thinke, that I have cause sufficient to glory in the flesh; therefore have not they, or may not they, glory in the flesh. And the reason, or ground of this proposition, is taken from his many prerogatives he had, which he comes to in the 5. and 6. verses following.
Circumcision was the first prerogative be∣fore [ 1] conversion, and it was not before the eighth day, to the end, that the childe might ga∣ther some strength to beare, and indure the
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ceremony, for it was of it selfe grievous, and a bloudy ceremonie. Wherefore it was that Moses his wife called him a bloudy husband: and this ceremony was not to be respited a∣bove eight dayes, that the parents might not be delayed in their comfort. Whence we may gather, that dying before baptisme is no neces∣sary impediment to the salvation of the childe: for the same covenant is annexed to circumci∣sion, that is, to baptisme: and the Papists that hold, that the death of children before baptisme hindreth the salvation of the infant, may as wel hold, that all the children that dyed before the eight day (being the day of circumcision) were damned. Secondly, observe this; that chil∣dren, though infants, may, nay must bee bap∣tized, if it may be with conveniencie; for chil∣dren were circumcised, nay they were injoyned circumcision on the eighth day. Now seeing the covenant is the same, and given to chil∣dren, now as then: why may not the seale ther∣of be now given in their infancie, as then?