A12167:594
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.
He first leaves myrrh, and then her fingers drop myrrh: our oil is from his oil, the head being […],1 the oil ran down to the skirts of […] garments;2 Out of his […] we receive grace for grace, that is, our grace is answerable ⟨p. 251⟩[…] ⟨p. 253⟩[…] ⟨p. 254⟩[…] ⟨p. 255⟩[…] ⟨p. 256⟩to the grace of Christ, we have all from him, favour for his favour, because he is beloved we are beloved, we have the grace of Sanctification from him, he was Sanctified with the Spirit, therefore we are Sanctified, we have Grace of privilege for his grace, he is the Son of God, therefore we are Sons: He is the heir of Heaven, therefore we are heirs, so that of his grace it is we receive all, whether we take grace for favour, or for the grace of Sanctification, or the grace of Privilege and Prerogative, all our graces are from his, our myrrh from his myrrh.
He first leaves myrrh, and then her fingers drop myrrh: our oyle is from his oyle, the head beeing 〈…〉,1 the oyle ran downe to the skirts of 〈…〉 garments;2 Out of his 〈…〉 we receive grace for grace, that is, our grace is answerable ⟨p. 251⟩〈…〉