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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
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That the manifestation of Christ to his Church and children by his Spirit in any of his ordinances,1 is a sweet manifestation, and delectable as spices and flowers. as it is, Cant 1. 3. Because of the savour of thy good ointments, thy name is as an ointment poured out, therefore the Virgins love thee. The very name of Christ when he is known and laid open by the ministry is a precious ointment, and the Virgins, that is all chaste souls follow him by the smell of his ointments, all his ordinances convey a sweetness to the soul;2 his sacraments are sweet, his word sweet, the communion of Saints sweet. The presence of the •unnel you know is known in the spring time, by the freshness of all things, which put forth the life,3 and little liveliness they have in them, some in blossoming, and some in flowers, that which lay (as it were) dead in winter, it comes out when the sun draws ⟨p. 385⟩near: so when Christ comes and shows his presence and face to the soul, he refresheth and delights it.
That the manifestation of Christ to his Church and children by his Spirit in any of his ordinances,1 is a sweet man•festation, and delectable as spices and flowers. as it is, Cant 1. 3. Because of the savour of thy good ointments, thy name is as an ointment powred out, therefore the Virgins love thee. The very name of Christ when he is knowne and laid open by the ministry is a precious ointment, and the Virgins, that is all chast soules follow him by the smell of his ointments, all his ordinances convay a sweetnesse to the soule;2 his sacraments are sweete, his word sweet, the communion of Saints sweet. The presence of the •unnel you know is knowne in the spring time, by the freshnee of all things, which put forth the life,