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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.
perhaps we have used all means private and public, and yet find not that comfort we look for, O but wait a while, God hath a long time waited for thee, be thou content to wait a while for him,1 we shall not loose by it, for it follows in the next verse, after she had found him whom her soul loved, I held him, I would not let him go, so this is the issue of desertions, they stir up diligence and searching in the use of means private and public, and exercise patience to wait Gods leisure, who will not suffer a gracious soul to fail of its expectation,2 at length he will fulfil the desires of them that fear him, and this comes of their patience, grace grows greater and stronger, I held him and would not let him go, until I had brought him unto my mothers house. Thus you see how the Spirit expresseth the sametruthin another state of the Church Compare place with place. To go on, I am my Beloveds and my Beloved is mine.
perhaps we have used all meanes private and publike, and yet finde not that comfort we look for, O but waite a while, God hath a long time waited for thee, be thou content to waite a while for him,1 we shall not loose by it, for it followes in the next verse, after she had found him whom her soule loved, I held him, I would not let him goe, so this is the issue of desertions, they stirre up diligence and searching in the use of meanes private and publike, and exercise patience to waite Gods leisure, who will not suffer a gratious soule to faile of its expectation,2 at length he will fulfill the desires of them that feare him, and this comes of their patience, grace growes greater and stronger, I held him and would not let him goe, untill I had brought him unto my mothers house. Thus you see how the Spirit expresseth the sametruthin another state of the Church Compare place with place. To goe on, I am my Beloveds and my Beloved is mine.
- 1If God wait long for us, it is equity to wait for him▪