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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.
Again another difference may be observed. Carnal men when they find the sense of Gods anger they seek not Gods favour but think of worse and worse still, and so run from God till they be in hell. But those that are Gods children, when they fail and find the sense of Gods displeasure they are sensible of it, and ⟨p. 281⟩give not over seeking to God, they run not further and further from him.
Againe another difference may be observed. Carnall men when they find the sence of Gods anger they seeke not Gods favour but thinke of worse and worse still, and so run from God till they be in hell. But those that are Gods children, when they faile and find the sence of Gods displeasure they are sencible of it, and ⟨p. 281⟩give not over seeking to God, they run not further and further from him.
The Church here though she found not Christ present with her yet she seeks him still and never gives over.
The Church here though shee found not Christ present with her yet she seekes him still and never gives over.
Whence again we may observe,1 That although the Church be said to fail and not to find Christ, yet he is present then with her. For who enabled her to seek him. To explain this, there is a double presence of Christ.