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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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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 First, our happiness stands in his contentment, and all cannot but be well in that house, where the husband and the wife delight in, and make much of each other.
The Reason is,1 First, our happinesse stands in his contentment, and all cannot but be well in that house, where the husband and the wife delight in, and make much of each other.
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A•d again, after that the Church hath denied §2her self and the vanities of the world, entering into a way and course of mortification, whom else hath she to give her self to, or receive contentment from. Our manner is to study to please men whom we hope to rise by, being careful that all we do may be well taken of them: as for Christ, we put him off with any thing: If he likes it, so it is; if not, it is the best that he is like to have.
A•d againe, after that the Church hath denied