A12167:981
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
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.
His hands are as gold rings set with Beryl, &c.
His hands are as gold rings set with Berill, &c.
Hands are the instruments of actions, Christs actions are precious, whatsoever he doth to the Church, nay even when he doth use evil men to afflict and exercise the Church, he hath a hand there, a golden, a precious hand, in the evil hand of wicked men God doth all things by Christ,1 he is as it were Gods hand which all things pass through.2 Joseph was the second man of Egypt through whose hands all things came to the rest,3 so all things comes through Christs hands to us, and whatsoever is his ⟨p. 390⟩handy work is good, even as it is said in the days of his flesh, he did all things well, so still in the Church all his workmanship is exceeding well, though we cannot see the excellency of it, it is all well both in the government of the Church and his workmanship in our hearts, the new creature.
Hands are the instruments of actions, Christs actions are pretious, whatsoever he doth to the Church, nay even when he doth use evill men to afflict and exercise the Church, he hath a hand there, a golden, a precious hand, in the evil hand of wicked men God doth all things by Christ,1 he is as it were Gods hand which all things passe through.2 Ioseph was the second man of Egypt through whose hands all things came to the rest,3