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Beams of divine light breaking forth from several places of holy Scripture, as they…Beames of divine light breaking forth from severall places of holy Scripture, as they…
Beams of divine light breaking forth from several places of holy Scripture, as they were learnedly opened, in XXI. sermons. The III. first being the fore-going sermons to that treatise called The bruised-reed, preached on the precedent words. By the late reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibs, D.D. Mr. of Katharine Hall in Camb: and sometimes preacher at Gray's Inn. Published according to the Doctor his own appointment subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.Beames of divine light breaking forth from severall places of holy Scripture, as they were learnedly opened, in XXI. sermons. The III. first being the fore-going sermons to that treatise called The bruised-reed, preached on the precedent words. By the late reverend and iudicious divine, Richard Sibs, D.D. Mr. of Katharine Hall in Camb: and sometimes preacher at Grayes Inne. Published according to the Doctor his owne appointment subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect coppies.
London: printed by George for N. Bourne, 1639
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The words they are (as it w•re) •n echo a• answer back again of the Bride, the Spouse of Christ, unto his promise of his coming, which he makes twice in this Chapter, in ver. 7. Behold I come quickly, and in ver. 12. Behold, I come quickly; and he comes not empty handed, My reward• is with me. Now the Church here echoes back again, Christ saith, I come, and the Spirit, and the Bride say, come. The words contain the most heavenly desire that can be, of the most excellent personage in this world, the Queen, the Bride of Christ; and it is a desire to the most excellent person absolutely, Christ himself, a desire of his coming; and it is stirred up by the most excellent Spirit, the holy Spirit of God: ⟨p. 101⟩for the meaning of the words is this, The Spirit and the Bride say, Come, not as distinct and severed, but the Bride by the Spirit saith, Come, the Holy Ghost in the Bride, as it is Rom. 8.26.1 We know not what to pray, but the Spirit makes intercession; How is that? The Spirit makes intercession, by making us make intercession: for what Christ doth, the Spirit causeth us to do, for there is one Spirit in Christ, and us. So the Bride by the motion of the holy, and blessed Spirit, say, Come. The order of our discourse upon these words shall be this, First, to speak of the person wishing, and her condition, The Bride. And then of the desire of this excellent personage, the Bride.
The words they are (as it w•re) •n eccho a• answere backe againe of the Bride, the Spouse of Christ, unto his promise of his comming, which he makes twise in this Chapter, in ver. 7. Behold I come quickly, and in ver. 12. Behold, I come quickly; and he comes not empty handed, My reward• is with me. Now the Church here ecchoes backe againe, Christ saith, I come, and the Spirit, and the Bride say, come. The words containe the most heavenly desire that can be, of the most excellent personage in this world, the Queene, the Bride of Christ; and it is a desire to the most excellent person absolutely, Christ himselfe, a desire of his comming; and it is stirred up by the most excellent Spirit, the holy Spirit of God: