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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is a three-fold degree of union.
An union of Nature. An union of Grace. An union of Glory.
The union of nature was, then Christ took our nature upon him. The union of grace, is when we take his nature, when we partake of the divine nature: The union of glory is when we shall all be in heaven. The first is, for the second, and the second for the third. Christ became bone of our bone, in nature, that we might be bone of his bone, with him in grace, and so perfectly one with him in glory. We see the Bride that is the Person. Here I might take occasion to speak of the sweet comfort that issues from this, that the second Person in the Trinity should dignify us so much, as to take us to unity, with, and contract us to himself; but I will not speak much of this point, having spoken more at large of it out of the Canticles.1
The union of nature was, then Christ tooke our nature upon him. The union of grace, is when we take his nature, when wee partake of the divine nature: The union of glory is when we shall all be in heaven. The first is, for the second, and the second for the third. Christ became bone of our bone, in nature, that we might be bone of his bone, with him in grace, and so perfectly one with him in glory. We see the Bride that is the Person. Here I might take occasion to speak of the sweet comfort that issues from this, that the second Person in the Trinity should dignifie us so much, as to take us to unity, with, and contract us to himselfe; but I will not speak much of this point, having spoken more at large of it out of the Canticles.1
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