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Bowels Opened
Bowels opened, or, A discovery of the near and deer love, union and communion betwixt Christ and the Church, and consequently betwixt Him and every believing soul Delivered in divers sermons on the fourth fifth and sixth chapters of the Canticles. By that reverend and faithful minister of the Word, Doctor Sibs, late preacher unto the honourable society of Gray's Inn, and Master of Katharine Hall in Cambridge. Being in part finished by his own pen in his life time, and the rest of them perused and corrected by those whom he entrusted with the publishing of his works.Bovvels opened, or, A discovery of the neere and deere love, union and communion betwixt Christ and the Church, and consequently betwixt Him and every beleeving soule Delivered in divers sermons on the fourth fifth and sixt chapters of the Canticles. By that reverend and faithfull minister of the Word, Doctor Sibs, late preacher unto the honourable societie of Grayes Inne, and Master of Katharine Hall in Cambridge. Being in part finished by his owne pen in his life time, and the rest of them perused and corrected by those whom he intrusted with the publishing of his works.
London: printed by George for George Edwards, 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.
THE EIGHTEENTH SERMON.1
- 1SER. XVIII.
CANT. V. XVI. His mouth is most sweet, yea he is altogether lovely, this is my Beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. CANT. VI. I, II. Whither is thy Beloved gone, O thou fairest among women, whither is thy Beloved turned aside that we may seek him with thee. My Beloved is gone down, &c.
CANT. V. XVI. His mouth is most sweet, yea he is altogether lovely, this is my Beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Hierusalem. CANT. VI. I, II. Whither is thy Beloved gone, O thou fairest among woemen, whither is thy Beloved turned aside that wee may seeke him with thee. My Beloved is gone downe, &c.
BY this time the Church hath well quit her self in that safe subject, commending her beloved, first in general, and then in particular; she affirms (in effect) there ⟨p. 412⟩