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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 1 › Part › But mark the Order.Sermon 1 › Part › But marke the Order.
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First, Christ blows, and then the Church says, Come: Christ begins in love, then love draws ⟨p. 25⟩love;1 Christ draws the Church, and she runs after him▪ The fire of love melts more than the fire of affliction.
First, Christ blowes, and then the Church sayes, Come: Christ begins in love, then love drawes ⟨p. 25⟩love;1 Christ drawes the Church, and she runs after him▪ The fire of love melts more than the fire of affliction.
Again, we may see here in the Church a carefulness to please Christ; as it is the duty, so it is the disposition of the Church of Christ to please her Husband.
Againe, we may see here in the Church a carefulnesse to please Christ; as it is the duty, so it is the disposition of the Church of Christ to please her Husband.
The Reason is,1