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Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of…
Divine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverend divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Gray's Inn in LondonDivine meditations and holy contemplations. By that reverende divine R. Sibbes D.D. Master of Catherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Grayes Inne in London
London: printed by Tho. Cotes for John Crooke and Richard Sergier, 1638London: printed by Tho. Cotes for Iohn Crooke and Richard Sergier, 1638
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.
Gods children are strengthened by their §306falls, they learn to stand by their falls; like tall Ce▪ dars, the more they are blown, the deeper they are rooted: that which men think, is the overthrow of Gods children, doth but root them deeper; so that after all outward storms, and inward declinings, this is the issue, ⟨p. 235⟩They take root downward, and bring forth fruit upwards.
Gods children are strengthened by their §306falls, they learne to stand by their falls; like tall Ce▪ dars, the more they are blowen, the deeper they are rooted: that which men thinke, is the overthrow of Gods children, doth but roote them deeper; so that afrer all outward stormes, and inward declinings, this is the issue, ⟨p. 235⟩They take roote downeward, and bring forth fruit upwards.
A Christian in his right §307temper, is compared to the best of every thing; if to a Lilly, the fairest; if to a Cedar, the tallest; if to an Olive tree, the most fruitful, And his smell shall be as Lebanon: We should therefore make use of all natural things, and apply them to spiritual, if we see a Lilly, think of Gods Promise, and our duty, we shall grow as Lilies; when see see a tall tree, think I must grow higher in Grace; and when we see a Vine, think I must grow in fruitfulness; when we go into ⟨p. 236⟩our Orchards or Gardens, let the sight of these things raise our thoughts higher unto a consideration of whats required of us.