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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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Therefore labour every day more and more to grow rich in knowledge, to get light and to walk in that light: to which end pray with the holy Apostle, Ephes I. That you may have the Spirit of Revelation, that excellent Spirit of God to reveal the things of God, that we ⟨p. 478⟩may have the light discovered to us.
Therefore labour every day more and more to grow rich in knowledge, to get light and to walke in that light: to which end pray with the holy Apostle, Ephes I. That you may have the Spirit of Revelation, that excellent Spirit of God to reveale the things of God, that wee ⟨p. 478⟩may have the light discovered to us.
What a world of comfort hath a Christian that hath light in him and walks in that light,1 above another man, whether he live or dye, the light brings him into fellowship with the Father of lights, he that hath this light knows his condition and his way, and whither he goeth, when he dyeth he knows in what condition he dyeth, and upon what grounds. The very light of nature is comfortable, much more that of grace, therefore labour to grow daily more and more in the knowledge and obedience of the light.
What a world of comfort hath a Christian that hath light in him and walks in that light,1 above another man, whether he live or dye, the light brings him into fellowship with the Father of lights, he that hath this light knowes his condition and his way, and whither hee goeth, when he dyeth he knowes in what condition hee dyeth, and upon what grounds. The very light of nature is comfortable, much more that of grace, therefore labour to grow daily more and more in the knowldge and obedience of the light.