A12167:811
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 we see here,1 that where the […] ⟨p. 320⟩of love, it stands not upon any terms, but it humbleth and abaseth it self. We say that affection stands not with Majesty, therefore Christs love to us moved him to abase himself in taking our nature that he might be one with us, love stood not upon terms of greatness, we see the Church goes to those that were meaner proficients in religion then her self, to pour out her spirit to them,2 to the daughters of Jerusalem, She abaseth her self to any service, love endureth all things, anything to attain to the thing loved,3 as we see Hamor the son of Shechem he would endure painful circumcision for the love he bore to Dinah. 4So Acts. 5. 4 I. it is said they went away rejoicing after they were whipped, because they loved Christ. The spirit of love made them rejoice when they were most disgracefully used.
Againe we see here,1 that where the 〈…〉 ⟨p. 320⟩of love, it stands not upon any tearmes, but it humbleth and abaseth it selfe. We say that affection stands not with Majesty, therefore Christs love to us mooved him to abase himselfe in taking our nature that he might be one with us, love stood not upon tearmes of greatnesse, we see the Church goes to those that were meaner proficients in religion then her selfe, to powre out her spirit to them,2 to the daughters of Ierusalem, She abaseth her selfe to any service, love endureth all things, anything to att•ine to the thing loved,