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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 11 › What is it to take away the veil.Sermon 11 › What is it to take away the vaile.
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.
What is the ground of this,1 that those men that by their standing should be encouragers, are rather dampers of the Churches veil in pursuit •f it.2
What is the ground of this,1 that those men that by their stand•ng should bee encouragers, are rather dampers of the Churches •eile in pursuit •f it.2
- 1Quest.
- 2Answ. Why the watchmen are the wonders of the Church
There are man• grounds of it.
Sometimes it falls out from a spirit of envy ⟨p. 297⟩in them at the graces of Gods people which are wanting in themselves, they would not have others better then themselves.