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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.
First,1 When he grants the thing prayed for, or enlargeth our hearts to pray still. 2It is a greater gift §2then the thing it self we beg, to have a spirit of prayer with a heart enlarged. For, as long as the heart is enlarged to prayer, it is a sign, that God hath a special regard of us; and will grant our petition in the best and fittest time.
First,1 When he grants the thing prayed for, or inlargeth our hearts to pray still. 2It is a greater gift §2then the thing it selfe we beg, to have a spirit of prayer with a heart inlarged. For, as long as the heart is inlarged to prayer, it is a signe, that God hath a speciall regard of us; and will grant our petition in the best and fittest time.
- 1Answ. 1
- 2How to know when God heares our prayers.
When he answers us in a better and higher kind, as Paul when he prayed for the taking away §3of the Prick of the flesh; had promises of sufficient grace.
When hee answers us in a better and higher kind, as Paul when he prayed for the taking away §3of the Prick of the flesh; had promises of sufficient grace.