154 EXPOSITION OF PHILIPPIANS CHAP. III.
sative proposition here, on wliicli consult the very able Treatise of Professor Harrison on ' Tlio Greek Prepositions' (riiilailelpbia, 1858, 8vo).
(v) P. 123. — 'Maxima debctur puero revercntia.' This trite quotation is from the 14th Satyre of Juvenal. The wliolo passage reads thus : — Nil dictu ficdum visuvc liaic limina tangat Intra quoe i)uer est. Procul liinc, procul iude puellae Lenonum, et cantus peruoctantis parasiti. Maxima debctur puero revercntia. Si quid Turpe paras, ne tu pueri contempscris anuos ; Sed peccaturo obsistat tibi lilius infans. (iv) P. 125. — ' Tlierefore wo must not number the followers, but weigh them ariglit.' Tlie saying, which has since been so frequently in tiie mouths of poli- ticians, ' Votes are to be weighed, not numbered,' seems thus to have originated with Sibbes.
(x) P. 130—' Some emperors have required themselves to be so esteemed and adored as a deity ' — e. g., Alexander the Great and the Cassars. (y) P. 130. — ' Amor tuns Deus tuus.' Cf. note aa,
(z) P. 135. — ' The word translated here " for," in tlie former translation is "but." ' 'But' is the translation by AVickliffe (1380), Tyndalo (1534), Craumer (1539), Geneva version (1557), Kheims (1582), and, as stated by Sibbes, ' for' first occurs in the authorised translation of 1611. Bishop Ellicott adheres to the ' for,' laying the emphasis on the 'our.' The conjunction is yag.
(art) P. 136. — 'Animus est ubi amat.' Another way of expressing the sentiment of note y. Both sentiments common to the proverbs of all languages. Probably Sibbes's reference is to a saying of Augustine, which in full runs, Anima mo^is est ubi amat qiiam itbi animal.
[bh) P. 144 — 'As the heathen man Galen, being stricken into admiration at the admirable frame thereof, breaks into a hymn in praise of the Maker.' Galen styles a portion of his great work, Hi^i %»£'«? ''wi' /mbiojv, a hymn to the Creator ; calling it, 'Ispov Xoyov, ov syu rou dyj/Miov^yriaavTog 7][jjCLg vimov akri&mv Gvvridrjfii' '/.ai vo,(jui^Cfj tovt' iifcci rriv ovTug ivGiZiiav, 6u^! si raii^MV gjcaro'/xCa? avrou TUfi'TroXkas xaradvaaifMi' , &c. (Lib. iii. cap. x.). Also, at the close of the whole work, he describes it as an s'Truboc., such as the priests sing at the altars of the gods.
(cc) P. 145. — ' Say to thy fiesh with Bernard, " Stay thy time." ' A very frequent saying with this father. For many extraordinary quotations shewing how Bernard would have the ' flesh ' denied, and how caustic he could be against the luxuries of his age, see the recent ' Life ' by Morison (1863).
{dd) P. 150. — ' The word that is translated " working," may and doth signify " power." ' The original is xar« rriv h's^jsiciv, on which cf. Calvin in loc. for admi- rable exegesis. Gr.
THE REDEMPTION OF BODIES.
THE IIEDEj\IPTION OF BODIES.
NOTE.
' The IxcdemptioTi of Bodies ' forms one of a volume of sermons called ' Evangeli- cal Sacrifices,' puLlislied in 1G40, 4to. It is given here as being related to the preceding ' Expositions ' of portions of Pliilippians. The separate title-page will be found below ;* and as this is our first coiitribution from ' Evangelical Sacrifices,' the general title-page is also given ]iore,t and the epistles dedicatory and prefatory of the entire volume, for after reference. G.
* THE
R E D E ]\I P T I 0 N
OF
BODYES.
In one Funerall Sermon upon
PuiL. 3. 21.
By
The late Learned and Reverend Divine,
Rich. Sibbs:
Doctor in Divinity, M^ of K a t h e r i n e Hall
in Cambridge, and sometimes Preacher
to the Honourable Society of
GeA YES-I NN E.
1 Cor. 15. 44. It is sowne a naturall Body, it is raised a spiriticall body.
London, Printed by E. Purslow, for N. Bourne, at tlie Roy- all Exchange, and E. Harford at the gilt Bible in Queenes head Alley, in Pater- Noster-Row. 10 39.
t EVANGELICALL SACRIFICES. In xix. Sermons.
1. ThanJcfull commemorations for Gods mercy in our
great deliverance from the Papists powder plot.
2. Tlie succcssefull seeker.
3. Faith Triumphant.
4. Speciall preparations to fit us for our
latter end in four e Funerall Sermons.
5. The faith full Covenanter.
6. The demand of a good Conscience, 1. The sword of the loickcd.
BY The late Learned and Reverend Divine, Rich. Sibbs. Doctor in Divinity, M'. of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes Preacher to the Honou- rable Society of Graycs-Inne. The 'third Tome. Published and perused by D. Sibbs owne appointment, subscri- bed with his hand to prevent imperfect Copies after his decease.
Romans 12. 1. / beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
L ON DON,
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TO THE EIGHT HONOURABLE
EDWAED VISCOUNT MANDEVILE,
AND HIS
LADY ANNE, HIS PIOUS CONSOET,
INCREASE OF GRACE.*
Right Honourable,
A pious Christian, whilst upon earth, takes his time to do his task. He is or would be all in grace and all to duty, well knowing that * the time is short,' 1 Cor. vii. 29, the work great, the wages sure ; and that the best improvement of parts and talents will bring in the Master the gi'eatest advantage, and himself the present and most lasting comforts. This is the fruit of a well-led life, to advance God in glory and a Christian in comfort. Such as serve God in fulfilling his will, must to heaven carry their graces with them, enter into their Master's joy, &c.; if they be eminent in profession or public in place, leave behind them their example or some other monument to the world of their fidelity in their places. Happy such servants that can thus employ their times and improve their talents. This was the endeavour of that shining and burning lamp Dr Sibbs, the author of this work, which I now make bold to present unto your honours. Such holy and useful truths were delivered by him in his lifetime, that the judicious conceive may prove very profitable unto the church being published after his death. I conceive thus of the man, what he did in his ministry in public, or in his conference in private, it was done aptly, pithily, and profitably ; his art was to hide his art, est celnro artem, dc, to say much in few words. He did not desire to cloud his matter from his hearers, or to walk so long about any one text till errors were vented, or his auditors tired. You shall find him to be himself, and one constant to his own principles, all along the treatise. Here you have no new errors broached, or old truths deserted, but opened, maintained, and honoured, the glory of teachers, expectation of hearers, and recompence