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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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This likewise helps us (by way of Direction) to understand the Covenant of grace,1 and the Seals of the Covenant,2 what they enforce and comprise, not only what God will do to us, but the duty we are to do to him again, though we do it in his strength. A Covenant holds not on one side, but on both, Christ is mine, and I am Christs again, I will be their God, but they must have grace to be my people, and then the Covenant is made up. The Covenant of grace is so called, because God is so gracious as to enable us to perform our own part
This likewise helps us (by way of Direction) to understand the Covenant of grace,1 and the Seales of the Covenant,2 what they inforce and comprise, not onely what God will doe to us, but the duty we are to doe to him againe, though we doe it in his strength. A Covenant holds not on one side, but on both, Christ is mine, and I am Christs againe, I will bee their God, but they must have grace to be my people, and then the Covenant is made up. The Covenant of grace is so called, because God is so gracious as to inable us to performe our owne part
- 1Use. 3.Vse. 3.
- 2A direction how to understand the Covenant of grace.
And so in the Seals of the Covenant,1 in Baptism, God doth not only bind himself ⟨p. 470⟩