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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.
Action follows affection. After her bowels are moved she ariseth and openeth, from whence we may further observe,
Action followes affection. After her bowells are moved she ariseth and openeth, from whence we may further observe,
That where truth of affections,1 it will discover it self in the outward man, one way or other. If there be any affection of love and piety to God, there will be eyes lift up, knees bended down, and hands stretched forth to Heaven. If there be any grief for sin, there will be the face dejected, the eyes looking down, some expression or other: If there be a desire there will be a making forth to the thing desired. For, the outward-man is commanded by the inward, which hath a kind of sovereign ⟨p. 272⟩commanding power over it; and says, do this and it doth it, speak this and it speaks it, therefore those whose courses of life are not gracious, their affections and their hearts are not good, for where the affections are good, the actions will be suitable. Her bowels were moved in her, and presently she shows the truth of her affection, in that she maketh after him. 1. Her soul failed when he spake. 2. She makes after him,
That where truth of affection••s,1 it will discover it selfe in the outward man, one way or other. If there be any affection of love and piety to God, there will be eyes lift up, knees bended downe, and hands stretched forth to Heaven. If there be any griefe for sinne, there will be the face dejected, the eyes looking downe, some expression or other: If there be a desire there will be a making forth to the thing desired. For, the outward-man is commanded by the inward, which hath a kind of soveraigne ⟨p. 272⟩