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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
Sermon 2 › Eat O friends, Drink, &c.Sermon 2 › Eate O friends, Drinke, &c.
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.
And so, for others, we should not only joy in our selves,1 and in our own Condition, and Lot, but also in the happy condition of every good ⟨p. 63⟩Christian. There is joy in heaven at the conversion of one sinner.2 God the Father joys to have a new So•ne. God the Son to see the fruit of his own Redemption, that one is pulled out of the state of damnation. And God the Holy Ghost, that he hath a new Temple to dwell in. The Angels, that they have a new charge to look to, that they had not before, to join with them to praise God, so there is joy in heaven, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost with the Angels joy at it: And all True hearted Christians joy in the graces one of another.
And so, for others, we should not onely joy in our selves,1 and in our owne Condition, and Lot, but also in the happy condition of every good ⟨p. 63⟩Christian. There is joy in heaven at the conversion of one sinner.2 God the Father joyes to have a new So•ne. God the Sonne to see the fruit of his owne Redemption, that one is pulled out of the state of damnation. And God the Holy Ghost, that he hath a new Temple to dwell in. The Angels, that they have a new charge to looke to, that they had not before, to joyne with them to praise God, so there is joy in heaven, the Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost with the Angels joy at it: And all True hearted Christians joy in the graces one of another.
- 1That we ought to rejoice in the graces of others.That we ought to rejoyce in the graces of others.
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