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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
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.
There is a divine and a heavenly relish in the word of God, as for instance take the doctrine of his providence,1 That all things shall work together for the best to them that love God. What a sweet word is this, a whole kingdom is not worth this promise: that whatsoever befalls a Christian in this world, there is an over-ruling providence to sway all to good, to help forward his eternal good.
There is a divine and a heavenly relish in the word of God, as for instance take the doctrine of his providence,1 That all things shall worke together for the best to them that love God. What a sweet word is this, a whole kingdome is not worth this promise: that whatsoever befalls a Christian in this world, there is an over-ruling providence to sway all to good, to help forward his eternall good.
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That Christ will be present with us in all conditions, 1what a sweet word and promise is this,2 That he will give his holy Spirit if we beg it, that ⟨p. 394⟩he will not fail us nor forsake us. That if we confess our sins and lay them open, 3he is merciful to forgive them. That if our sins were as red as scarlet, they shall all be white as wool. 4