A12167:764
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 12 › They took away my veil.Sermon 12 › They tooke away my 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.
It is said of Jerusalem, they went up to Jerusalem, and down to Egypt, and other places: So the Church is from above,1 The way of wisdom is on high. 2Religion is upward, Grace, Glory, and Comfort come from above, and draw our minds up to have our conversation, and our desires above.
It is said of Hierusalem, they went up to Hierusalem, and downe to Egypt, and other places: So the Church is from above,1 The way of wisdome is on high. 2Religion is upward, Grace, Glory, and Comfort come from above, and draw our minds up to have our conversation, and our desires above.
Jerusalem was the joy of the whole Earth▪ […] ⟨p. 306⟩so the Church of God, what were the world without it, but a company of incarnate Devils.
Hierusalem was the joy of the whole Earth▪ 〈…〉 ⟨p. 306⟩