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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.
All professors of the Gospel are either such as are not Christs,1 or such as are his, for such as are not yet, that you may be provoked to draw to fellowship with Christ, Do but consider you are as branches cut off, that will wither and dye, and be cast into the fire, unless you be grafted into the living stock, Christ, you are as naked persons in a storm not clothed with any thing to stand against the storm of Gods wrath, let this force you to get into Christ.
All professors of the Gospell are either such as are not Christs,1 or such as are his, for such as are not yet, that you may be provoked to draw to fellowship with Christ, Do but consider you are as branches cut off, that will wither and dye, and be cast into the fire, unlesse you be grafted into the living stock, Christ, you are as naked persons in a storme not cloathed with any thing to stand against the storme of Gods wrath, let this force you to get into Christ.
- 1A serious ex•ort•tian for such who are not yet in Christ, to come in.
And next for encouragement consider,1 Christ offereth himself to all in the Gospel and that is the end of the Ministry to bring Christ & our souls together, to make a spiritual marriage, to lay open his riches and to draw you to him, if you confess your sins he will forgive them,2 and you shall have mercy, He relieves those that are wearied and heavy laden,