A12167:1157
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.
It is with the Spirit of God, as with the spirits in the soul and body of a man, there is a marriage betwixt the body and soul, the spirits join both together, being of a middle nature, for they have somewhat spiritual near the soul, and somewhat bodily near the body, therefore they come between the body and the soul, and are the instruments thereof, whereby it works. So it is with the Spirit of God, the same Spirit that tells the soul that ⟨p. 468⟩Christ is ours, the same Spirit makes up the match on our part, and gives us up to Christ again.
It is with the Spirit of God, as with the spirits in the soule and body of a man, there is a marriage betwixt the body and soule, the spirits joyne both together, being of a middle nature, for they have somewhat spirituall neare the soule, and somewhat bodily neare the body, therefore they come betweene the body and the soule, and are the instruments th•reof, whereby it workes. So it is with the Spir•t of God, the same Spirit that tells the soule that ⟨p. 468⟩Christ is ours, the same Spirit makes up the match on our part, and gives us up to Christ againe.
Let this then be the trial, that we are Christs by the spiritual Echo that our souls makes to that report which Christ makes to our souls, whether in promises or in instructions.
Let this then bee the tryall, that wee are Christs by the spirituall Eccoe that our soules makes to that report which Christ makes to our soules, whether in promises or in instructions.