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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.
Besides soundness of constitution and comeliness §2of proportion,1 there is a grace of colour that maketh beauty, which ariseth out of the other, so that soundness and goodness of constitution together with the exact proportion of the variety of parts, having with it this gracefulness of colour and complexion makes up that which we call beauty. In a word, then this carnation colour, wh•te and ruddy, may be understood of that excellent ⟨p. 346⟩and sweet mixture that makes such a gracefulness in Christ,2 in him there is wonderful purity and holiness, and yet a wonderful weakness, there is God the great God and a piece of earth, of flesh in one person, a bloody pierced, and a glorious shining body, humility and glory: Justice, wonderful justice and yet exceeding love and mercy: Justice to his enemies, Mercy to his Children.
Besides soundnesse of constitution and comelinesse §2of proportion,1 there is a grace of colour that maketh beauty, which ariseth out of the other, so that soundnesse and goodnesse of constitution together with the exact proportion of the variety of parts, having with it this gracefulnesse of colour and complection makes up that which we call beauty. In a word, then this carnation colour, wh•te and ruddie, may be understood of that excellent ⟨p. 346⟩and sweete mixture that makes such a gracefulnesse in Christ,2 in him there is wonderfull purity and holinesse, and yet a wonderfull weaknesse, there is God the great God and a peece of earth, of flesh in one person, a bloudy pearced, and a glorious shining body, humility and glory: Justice, wonderfull justice and yet exceeding love and mercie: Justice to his enemies, Mercie to his Children.