A12167:1073
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.
My Beloved is gone into his Garden to the beds of spices, 1to feed in the Gardens, Where we see,
- 1That there •ught to •ee […] en••y in spiritual •hin•s which may in•solid•m be devi•ed […]That there •ught to •ee 〈…〉 en••y in spirituall •hin•s which may in•solid•m be devi•ed 〈…〉
The Church is not squeamish, but directly answers to the question, for there is no envy in spiritual things, because they may be divided in solidum, one may have as much as another, and all alike. Envy is not in those things that are not divisible in other things, the more one hath, another hath the less. But there is no envy in grace and glory, because all may share alike, therefore here is no envy in the answer, as if she denied the daughters of Jerusalem the enjoying of her beloved; no if you will know (says she) I will tell you directly whither my beloved is gone.