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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
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Again, let us bless God for our selves, that §4our lot hath fallen into such a pleasant place, ⟨p. 17⟩to be planted in the Church the place of Gods delight.
Againe, let us blesse God for our selves, that §4our lot hath fallen into such a pleasant place, ⟨p. 17⟩to be planted in the Church the place of Gods delight.
And this also should move us, to be fruitful, for §5men will endure a fruitless tree in the wast wilderness, but in their garden who will endure it? Dignity should mind us of duty. It is strange to be fruitless and barren in this place that we live in, being watered with the dew of Heaven, under the sweet influence of the means. This fruitless estate being often watered from heaven, how fearfully is it threatened by the Holy Ghost?1 that it is near unto cursing and burning. For in this case, visible Churches, if they prosper not, God will remove the hedge, and lay them wast, having a Garden elsewhere. Sometimes Gods plants prosper better in Babylon, than in Judea. It is to be feared God may complain of us, as he doth of his people, Jer. 2. 21. I have planted thee a noble vine, how art thou then come to be degenerated? If in this case we regard iniquity in our heart, the Lord will not regard the best thing that comes from us, as our prayers, Heb. 12. 18.