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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 14: THE FOURTEENTH SERMON.Sermon 14: THE FOVRTEENTH SERMON.
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 thy Beloved more then another's Beloved, O thou fairest among women?
What is thy Beloved more then anothers Beloved, O thou fairest among woemen?
What! now fair when her veil was taken away? now fair when the Watchmen abased ⟨p. 339⟩her: now fair when she was disgraced? Yes, now fair and now fair, in the sight of the daughters of Jerusalem, and in the sight of Christ that calls her the fairest among women: So that under all disgraces, infirmities and scandals, under all the shame that riseth in the soul upon sin, under all these clouds there is an excellency of the Church, she is, The fairest among women, notwithstanding all these: O thou fairest among women.1
What! now faire when her vaile was taken away? now faire when the Watchmen abased ⟨p. 339⟩her: now faire when she was disgraced? Yes, now faire and now faire, in the sight of the daughters of Ierusalem, and in the sight of Christ that calls her the fairest among woemen: So that under all disgraces, infirmities and scandalls, under all the shame that riseth in the soule upon sinne, under all these clouds there is an excellency of the Church, she is, The fairest among woemen, notwithstanding all these: O thou fairest among woemen.1
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