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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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And withal,1 labour for abundance of the Spirit of God, for what makes men sleepy, and drowsy? ⟨p. 119⟩the want of spirits, we are dull, and overladen with gross humours, whereby the strength sinks and fails? Christians should know, that there is a necessity, if they vvill keep themselves waking, to keep themselves spiritual. Pray for the Spirit above all things, it is the life of our life, the soul of our soul. What is the body without the soul, or the soul without the Spirit of God, even a dead lump. And let us keep our selves in such good ways, as we may expect the presence of the Spirit to be about us, which vvill keep us awake.
And withall,1 labour for abundance of the Spirit of God, for what makes men sleepie, and drowsie? ⟨p. 119⟩the want of spirits, wee are dull, and overloaden with grosse humours, whereby the strength sinkes and failes? Christians should knovv, that there is a necessitie, if they vvill keepe themselves waking, to keepe themselves spirituall. Pray for the Spirit above all things, it is the life of our life, the soule of our soule. What is the bodie without the soule, or the soule without the Spirit of God, even a dead lump. And let us keepe our selves in such good vvaies, as vve may expect the presence of the Spirit to bee about us, vvhich vvill keepe us awake.
- 13. Means To labour for a great measure of the Spirit of God.3. Meanes To labour for a great measure of the Spirit of God.
We must keep our selves in as much light as may be, 1