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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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So likewise,1 it should stir us up to keep our peace with God, that so we may always have ⟨p. 35⟩access unto him, and communion with him. What a pitiful case is it to lose other comforts, and therewith also to be in such a state, that we cannot go to God with any boldness? It is the greatest loss of all,2 when we have lost the spirit of Prayer. For, if we lose other things, we may recover them by Prayer. But when we have lost this boldness to go to God, and are afraid to look him in the face (as malefactors the Judge) this is a woeful estate.
So likewise,1 it should stirre us up to keep our peace with God, that so we may alwayes have ⟨p. 35⟩accesse unto him, and communion with him. What a pitifull case is it to lose other comforts, and therewith also to be in such a state, that we cannot go to God with any boldnesse? It is the greatest losse of all,2 when we have lost the spirit of Prayer. For, if we lose other things, we may recover them by Prayer. But when we have lost this boldnesse to go to God, and are afraid to look him in the face (as malefactors the Iudge) this is a wofull estate.
- 1Use 3.Vse 3.
- 2The greatest loss of all.The greatest losse of all.