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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
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In the New-Covenant, God works both parts, his own and our parts too, our love to him, our fear of him, our faith in him, he works all, even as he shows his own love to us.
In the New-Covenant, God works both parts, his owne and our parts too, our love to him, our feare of him, our faith in him, hee works all, even as he shewes his own love to us.
If God love us thus,1 what must we do? meditate upon his love, let our hearts be warmed with the consideration of it, let us bring them to that fire of his love,2 and then they will wax hot within us, and beg the Spirit,3 Lord thou hast promised to give thy Spirit to them that ask it, and to circumcise our hearts to love thee, and to love one another, give thy holy ⟨p. 446⟩Spirit as thou hast promised.4
If God love us thus,1 what must we doe? meditate upon his love, let our hearts be warmed with the consideration of it, let us bring them to that fire of his love,2 and then they will wax hot within us, and beg the Spirit,3 Lord thou hast promised to give thy Spirit to them that aske it, and to circumcise our hearts to love thee, and to love one another, give thy holy ⟨p. 446⟩