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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
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.
I charge you, O Daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved▪ that ye tell h•m, I am sick of Love.
I charge you, O Daughters of Hierusalem, if you find my Beloved▪ that ye tell h•m, I am sicke of Love.
The Church here speaks to others, meaner ⟨p. 308⟩then her self, she would have the Church tell Christ, (by Prayer, the surest intelligencer) how she was used, how she languished, and was sick for him, and cannot be without him.
The Church heere speakes to others, meaner ⟨p. 308⟩then her selfe, shee would have the Church tell Christ, (by Prayer, the surest intelligencer) how shee was used, how she languished, and was sicke for him, and cannot bee without him.