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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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And Christ is ours by his Spirit that witnesseth so much to our spirits,1 for the Spirit is given for this purpose, to show us all things that are given us of God, whereof Christ is the chief, therefore the Spirit of Christ tells us that Christ is ours, and Christ being ours, all that he hath is ours.
And Christ is ours by his Spirit that witnesseth so much to our spirits,1 for the Spirit is given for this purpose, to shew us all things that are given us of God, whereof Christ is the chiefe, therefore the Spirit of Christ tels us that Christ is ours, and Christ being ours, all that he hath is ours.
- 1By his Spirit.
If he be ours, if we have the field, we have all the treasures in the field, if we have him, we have all his, he was borne for us, his birth was for us, he became man for us, he was given to death for us, and so likewise he is ours in his other estate of exaltation, his rising is for our good, he will cause us to rise also, and ascend with him, and sit in heavenly places, judging the world and the Angels. We recover in this second,1 what we lost in the first Adam.
If he be ours, if we have the field, we have all the treasures in the field, if we have him, we have all his, he was borne for us, his birth was for us, he became man for us, he was given to death for us, and so likewise he is ours in his other estate of exaltation, his rising is for our good, he will cause us to rise also, and ascend with him, and sit in heavenly places, judging the world and the Angells. We recover in this second,