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NICHOL'S SERIES OF STANDARD DIVINES.
PUKITAN PEKIOD.
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By JOHN C. MILLER, D.D.,
LINCOLN COLLEGK; UONOBART canon of WOBCtSTER; RECTOR OF ST MARTIN'S, BlUMINGUAK
THE
WORKS OF RICHARD 8IBBES, D.D,
VOL. III.
COUNCIL OF PUBLICATION.
yr. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D., Professor of Tlieology, Congregational Union, Edinburgh.
JAMES BEGG, D.D., Minister of Newington Free Church, Edinburgh.
THOMAS J. CRAWFORD, D.D., S.T.P., Professor of Divinity, University Edinburgh.
D. T. K. DRUMMOND, M.A., Minister of St Thomas's Episcopal Church, Edinburgli.
WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Church History, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh.
ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of Broughton Place United Presby- terian Church, Edinburgh.
General @Jj(tor. REV. THOMAS SMITH, M.A., Edinburgh.
THE COMPLETE WORKS
RICHARD SIBBES, D.D.,
MASTER OF CATHERINE HALL, CAMBRIDGE ; PREACHER OF GRAY's INN,
LONDON.
^bifeir, foitlj gt^motr,
BY THE REV. ALEXANDER BALLOCH GROSART,
(cor. MEMB. SOC. ANTIQ. of SCOTLAND)
KINROSS.
VOL. III. CONTAINING A COMMENTARY
ON THE FIRST CHAPTER
OF THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.
EDINBURGH: JAMES NICHOL.
LONDON: JAIklES NISBET AND CO. DUBLIN: W. ROBERTSON.
M.DCCC.LXII.
EDINBURGH
PRINTKD BY JOHN GKEIQ AND SON,
OLD PHYSIC' GArUENS.
EXPOSITION OF 21' CORINTHIANS CHAPTER I.
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EXPOSITION OF SECOND COEINTHIANS CHAPTER I.
NOTE.
The 'Exposition ' of 2cl Corinthians chapter i., was published in a handsome folio, ■under the editorial supervision of Dr Manton. The original title-page is given be- low.* Prefixed to the volume is a very fine portrait of Sibbes, after the same original evidently with that earlier engraved for ' Bowels Opened,' and other works, in quarto and smaller size, but in the style of Hollar. The admirers of Puritan litera- ture will find it no less interesting than rewarding, to compare the present ' Exposi- tion ' of Sibbes with that of a man of kindred intellect and character, viz., Anthony Purgesse, ' Pastor of Sutton-Coldfield, in Warwickshire.' His ' sermons' on the same portion of Holy Scripture bear the following title, ' An Expository Comment, Doc- trinal, Controversal {sic], and Practical, upon the whole First Chapter of the Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians ' (London, folio, 16Q1). Our copy has the rare autograph of the excellent Bishop Beveridge, on the title-page, with a note of its price, 'pret 12. s.' G.
* Original title : —
A Learned C OMM E N T AR Y
OR
EXPOSITION
TTPON
The first Chapter of the Second Epistle of S. Paul to the CORINTHIANS.
BEING
The Substance of many Sermons formerly
Preached at Grayes-Inne, London,
By that Reverend and Judicious Divine,
RICHARD SIBBS, D.D.
Sometimes Master of Catherine Hall, in Cambridge, and Preacher
to that Honourable Society.
Published for the Publick Good and Benefit of the Church
of CHRIST. By Tho. Manton, B. D. and Preacher of the Gospel at Stoake- Newington, near London.
' Vivit post funera virtus.
Psalm 112. 6.
The Righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
2 Pet. 1. 15.
Moreover, I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease, to have these
things always in remembrance.
LONDON,
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at the sign of the three Crowns over against the Great Conduit, at
the Lower end of Cheapside. 1655.
TO THE EEADER.
Good Readee, — There is no end of books, and yet we seem to need more every day. There was such a darkness brought in by the fall, as will not thoroughly be dispelled till we come to heaven ; where the sun shineth with- out ^ther cloud or night. For the present, all should contribute their help according to the rate and measure of their abilities. Some can only hold up a candle, others a torch ; but all are useful. The press is an excellent means to scatter knowledge, were it not so often abused. All complain there is enough written, and think that now there should be a stop. In- deed, it were well if in this scribbling age there were some restraint. Use- less pamphlets are grown almost as great a mischief as the erroneous and profane. Yet 'tis not good to shut the door upon industry and diligence. There is yet room left to discover more, above aU that hath been said, of the wisdom of God and the riches of his grace in the gospel ; yea, more of the stratagems of Satan and the deceitfulness of man's heart. Means need to be increased every day to weaken sin and strengthen trust, and quicken us to holiness. Fundamentals are the same in all ages, but the constant necessities of the church and private Christians, will continually enforce a further explication. As the arts and sUghts of besieging and battering in- crease, so doth skill in fortification. K we have no other benefit by the multitude of books that are written, we shall have this benefit : an oppor- timity to observe the various workings of the same Spirit about the same truths, and indeed the speculation is neither idle nor unfruitful.