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Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In…Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In…
Light from heaven discovering the fountain opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich poverty. In four treatises. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs, Doctor in Divinity, Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Gray's-Inn. Published according to the authors own appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.Light from heaven discovering the fountaine opened. Angels acclamations. Churches riches. Rich povertie. In foure treatises. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs, Doctor in Divinitie, Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Grayes-Inne. Published according to the authors owne appointment, subscribed with his hand; to prevent imperfect copies.
London: printed by E. Purslow and Richard Badger for N. Bourne, 1638
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I answer:1 Look with other Spectacles, with the eye of Faith, and then you shall see a Spring in the Winter of the Church; how-ever she be now abased, and eclipsed, yet she shall be justified; and it will appear, that Christ regards his Church, and people, and children, more then all the World besides; only, there must be a conformity.
I answer:1 Looke with other Spectacles, with the eye of Faith, and then you shall see a Spring in the Winter of the Church; how-ever she be now abased, and eclipsed, yet she shall be justified; and it will appeare, that Christ regards his Church, and people, and children, more then all the World besides; onely, there must be a conformitie.
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1It was fit there should be a time of Christs abasement; how should he have suffered else? the World would never have crucified God, they could not have done it. Therefore he was abased, he veiled his God-head under his manhood, under a base condition; so he passed through suffering to glory. So it must be in the Body of Christ; it must pass through the veil of infirmities, of weakness, affliction and disgrace; how else should it be conformable to Christ? If Christ had justified himself at all times, in his humiliation, he could not have suffered; if we should be justified now, and appear to all the World who we are; who would persecute us, how could we be conformable to Christ? Therefore let us quietly and meekly a while endure these things, that are nothing but to conform us to our Head; knowing this, that as he was justified by little and little, till he was perfectly justified, when he was raised from the dead; so we shall be perfectly justified and freed from all imputations at the last day, when by the same Spirit that raised him; we shall be raised up too.