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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 hee 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 hee spake.
She was in a spiritual swoon and deliquium upon his withdrawing, whence the point considerable is,
She was in a spirituall swoone and deliquium upon his withdrawing, whence the point considerable is,
That Christ doth leave his Church sometimes and bring it very low in their own apprehensions,1 that their hearts •ayle them for want of his presence. So it was with David,2 so with Jonah, so with the Church, 3Lam. 3. 1. we see it at large.
That Christ doth leave his Church sometimes and bring it very low in their owne apprehensions,1 that their •earts •ayle them for want of his prefence. So it was with David,