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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.
I am come into my Garden, my Sister, my Spouse, I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk; Eat O friends, drink, yea drink abundantly O beloved. In which Verse we have, 1. Christs Answer to the Churches Petition; [I am come into my Garden.] 2. A Compellation, or Description of the Church, [My Sister, my Spouse.] 3. Christs acceptation of what he had gotten ⟨p. 31⟩there, [I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey.] 4. There is, An Invitation of all Christs friends to a magnifique abundant feast, [Eat O friends, drink, yea drink abundantly, O beloved.]
I am come into my Garden, my Sister, my Spouse, I have gathered my myrrhe with my spice; I have eaten my honey-combe with my honey; I have drunke my wine with my milke; Eat O friends, drink, yea drink abundantly O beloved. In which Verse we have, 1. Christs Answer to the Churches Petition; [I am come into my Garden.] 2. A Compellation, or Description of the Church, [My Sister, my Spouse.] 3. Christs acceptation of what he had gotten ⟨p. 31⟩there, [I have gathered my myrrhe with my spice, I have eaten my honey-combe with my honey.] 4. There is, An Invitation of all Christs friends to a magnifique abundant feast, [Eat O friends, drinke, yea drink abundantly, O beloved.]
For the first then, in that Christ makes such a real Answer unto the Churches Invitation, I am come into my Garden, &c. We see, That Christ comes into his Garden: 'Tis much that he that hath heaven to delight in, will delight to dwell among the sons of sinful men: but this he doth for us, and so takes notice of the Churches Petition.
For the first then, in that Christ makes such a reall Answer unto the Churchs Invitation, I am come into my Garden, &c. We see, That Christ comes into his Garden: 'Tis much that he that hath heaven to delight in, will delight to dwell among the sons of sinfull men: but this he doth for us, and so takes notice of the Churches Petition.