A12167:1035
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
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And not only to justify, but likewise to glory §3therein, as you have it, Psal. 44. •. the Church there boasts of God,1 I will make my boast of thee all the day long. So that Christians may not only justify their course of life against enemies, but in some sort boast of Christ, as Paul oft doth, and he shows the reason of it, that God hath made Christ to us all in all, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, that whosoever glorieth might glory in the Lord: for is it not a matter of glorying in the Church when she hath such a head and such a husband. This is my beloved, the wife shines in the beams of her husband, therefore this yields matter not only of justification but of glory.
And not onely to justifie, but likewise to glory §3therein, as you have it, Psal. 44. •. the Church there boasts of God,1 I will make my boast of thee all the day long. So that Christians may not onely justifie their course of life against enemies, but in some sort boast of Christ, as Paul oft doth, and he shewes the reason of it, that God hathy made Christ to us all in all, wisdome, righteousnesse, sanctification, and redemption, that whosoever glorieth might glory in the Lord: for is it not a matter of glorying in the Church when she hath such a head and such a husband. This is my beloved, the wife shines in the beames of her husband, therefore this yeelds matter not onely of justification but of glory.
- 1To boast and glory in God.