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The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral…The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall…
The brides longing for her bride-grooms second coming A sermon preached at the funeral of the right worshipful, Sir Thomas Crew, knight, sergeant at law to his majesty. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall of the right worshipfull, Sir Thomas Crevv, knight, sergeant at law to his maiestie. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.
London: printed by E. Purslow for E. Langham, 1638
THE BRIDEGROOMS PROMISE: And, The BRIDES Prayer.THE BRIDEGROOMES PROMISE: And, The BRIDES Prayer.
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.
Now you may know, that our desires are holy and good, if so be that they be heavenly; for, then it is a sign that they come down from Heaven: even as a Spring will arise and ascend as high as the Spring Head, whence it comes. If our desires rise to Heaven (as the Churches here do) then it is a sign they come down from Heaven. Our desires are as a stream; which I will show you, by prosecuting that metaphor, and allusion, in sundry particulars.
Now you may know, that our desires are holy and good, if so be that they be heavenly; for, then it is a signe that they come downe from Heaven: even as a Spring will arise and ascend as high as the Spring Head, whence it comes. If our desires rise to Heaven (as the Churches here doe) then it is a signe they come downe from Heaven. Our desires are as a streame; which I will shew you, by prosecuting that metaphor, and allusion, in sundry particulars.
A good Stream hath a good Spring; so must our desires. The Spring of the Churches desires here, is ⟨p. 30⟩Love; she loves Christ, and therefore desires him to come quickly.
A good Streame hath a good Spring; so must our desires. The Spring of the Churches desires here, is ⟨p. 30⟩Love; shee loves Christ, and therefore desires him to come quickly.
A Stream, you know, 1carries all before it; so our desires are an holy Stream, issuing from a good Spring, and carrying all before them. They are efficacious; not a mere velleity, as they say, a bare wishing and woulding.