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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 10 › My soul failed when he spake.Sermon 10 › My soule failed when he spake.
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.
My soul failed when he spake.
My soule failed when he spake.
That is, her soul failed when she remembered what he had spoke, when he stood at the door, and said, Open to me my Sister, my Love, my Dove, my Undefiled, for my head is wet with the dew, &c. Now when Gods Spirit had wrought upon her, then she remembered what Christ had said: all those sweet allurements were effectual now unto her, especially when she saw that after those sweet allurements Christ had withdrawn himself, for that is the meaning of these words: (My soul failed when he spake unto me) He did not speak now: but her soul failed after he spake; for so it should be read, that is, after she remembered his speech to her: for, now when she opened he was not there, therefore he could not speak to her.
That is, her soule failed when she remembred what he had spoke, when he stood at the doore, and said, Open to me my Sister, my Love, my Dove, my Vndefiled, for my head is wet with the dew, &c. Now when Gods Spirit had wrought upon her, then she remembred what Christ had said: all those sweet allurements were effectuall now unto her, especially when she saw that after those sweet allurements Christ had withdrawne himselfe, for that is the meaning of these wordes: (My soule failed when hee spake unto mee) Hee did not speake now: but her soule failed after he spake; for so it should be read, that is, after she remembred his speech to her: for, now when she opened he was not there, therefore he could not speake to her.
The Word of Christ howsoever for the present it be not effectual,1 yet afterwards it will be in the remembrance of it.