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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.
Acknowledging him to be his Beloved, There is a conjugal chastity in the soul of a Christian, holding firm to the covenant and marriage between Christ and it, he keeps that unviolable, though he may be untoward, sleepy, and drowsy, yet there is always a conjugal spouselike affection. It is the voice of my Beloved, &c.
Acknowledging him to be his Beloved, There is a conjugall chastitie in the soule of a Christian, holding firme to the covenant and marriage betweene Christ and it, hee keepes that unviolable, though he may be untoward, sleepie, and drowsie, yet there is alwaies a conjugall spouselike affection. It is the voice of my Beloved, &c.
Now leaving the Churches notice of the voice of Christ, We come to Christs carriage towards her. 1. He knocketh, and then we have, 2. His Patience in that Carriage. My head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night, &c. Here is Patience, and Mercy to endure this indignity at the Churches ⟨p. 136⟩hand, to stand at her courtesy to come in, besides 3. the Compellation, afterwards to be spoken of, The general observation from Christs carriage, is this,
Now leaving the Churches notice of the voice of Christ, We come to Christs carriage towards her. 1. Hee knocketh, and then wee have, 2. His Patience in that Carriage. My head is filled with dew, and my lockes with the dropps of the night, &c. Here is Patience, and Mercie to indure this indignitie at the Churches ⟨p. 136⟩hand, to stand at her courtesie to come in, besides 3. the Compellation, afterwards to be spoken of, The generall observation from Christs carriage, is this,