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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.
And because there is a presence of God and ⟨p. 280⟩of Christ in the Word and Sacraments a sweet presence: the godly soul he droops and fails if he be kept from these, he will not excommunicate himself as many do, that perhaps are asleep when they should be at the ordinances of God; but if he be excommunicated and banished, O how takes he it to heart! Psal. 42. 1. As the hart panteth after the wa•er brooks, so longeth my soul after thee O God: the whole 84. Psalm is to that purpose, O how amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of hosts? He finds a presence of God in his word and sacraments, and when he doth not taste a sweet presence of God therein he droops and sinks.
And because there is a presence of God and ⟨p. 280⟩of Christ in the Word and Sacraments a sweet presence: the godly soule hee droopes and failes if he be kept from these, he will not excommunicate himselfe as many doe, that perhaps are asleepe when they should be at the ordinances of God; but if he be excommunicated and banished, O how takes he it to heart! Psal. 42. 1. As the hart panteth after the wa•er br•okes, so longeth my soule after thee O God: the whole 84. Psalme is to that purpose, O how aymiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord of hosts? He finds a presence of God in his word and sacraments, and when he doth not taste a sweet presence of God therein he droopes and sinks.
A carnal man never heeds these things because he finds no sweetness in them, but the godly finding Christ in them they droop in the want of them and cannot live without them, Whither shall we goe (saith Peter to Christ) thou hast the words of eternal life,