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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.
Good conference then is good for our selves, for, we see a little seed brings for that length a great tree, a little fire kindleth much fuel, and great things many times rise out of small despised beginnings. It was a little occasion which Naaman the Assyrian had to effect his conversion.1 There was a poor banished woman, a stranger, who was a Jewish maid servant, she told her Lords servants that there was a Prophet in Jury that could heal him: whereupon he came thither, and was converted and healed. And Paul showeth,2 that the very report of his bonds did a great deal of good in Caesars house. Report and fame is a little matter, but little matters make way for the greater.
Good conference then is good for our selves, for, we see a little seed brings for that length a great tree, a little fire kindleth much fuell, and great things many times rise out of small despised beginnings. It was a little occasion which Naaman the Assyrian had to effect his conversion.1 There was a poore banished woeman, a stranger, who was a Jewish maid servant, she tould her Lords servants that there was a Prophet in Jurie that could heale him: whereupon he came thither, and was converted and healed. And Paul sheweth,2 that the very report of his bonds did a great deale of good in Caesars house. Report and fame is a little matter, but little matters make way for the greater.