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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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Let us take no scandal at the present afflictions of the Church:1 Christ will justify his mystical Body, by his glorious power, in good time; Antichrist shall not alway ruffle in the World: Christ will be justified to be the King and Ruler of the World; All power is committed to him. But we see it now: Antichrist rages in the World, and the Church seems to be under Hatches. So it is with particular Christians, those that belong to God, and indeed are truly such as they profess themselves to be (though with much weakness; we see in what respect and esteem they are had. Let us comfort our selves, beloved: Christ justified himself by his Spirit, and will he not justify his poor Church, and free it from the tyranny of Antichrist? Will he not advance those that are trodden on now, and made as the dirt in the street, that they shall shine as the Sun? Therefore, when you hear of the dejected state of the Churches abroad, be not dismayed: Consider there is a glorious King that rules the World, and he will make it appear ere long, he will justify himself, and his Church; for, he suffers in his Church: He is wise, he sees cause to do this, he is working his own work: he corrects,2 and rules, and purgeth his Church in the furnace of affliction; but be sure the time will come, that he will bring the cause of Religion to light, and he will show what side he owns; he will justify his Truth, and tread Satan, ⟨p. 84⟩and all his members under feet; this frame of things will not hold long. As verily as Christ is in Heaven, as verily as he is justified in his own person by his Spirit, by his Divine Power; so he will justify his Mystical Body: and as he hath conquered in his own person, so he will by his Spirit conquer for his Church.
Let us take no scandall at the present afflictions of the Church:1 Christ will justifie his mysticall Body, by his glorious power, in good time; Antichrist shall not alway ruffle in the World: Christ will be justified to be the King and Ruler of the World; All power is committed to him. But we see it now: Antichrist rages in the World, and the Church seemes to be under Hatches. So it is with particular Christians, those that belong to God, and indeed are truly such as they professe themselves to be (though with much weaknesse; we see in what respect and esteeme they are had. Let us comfort our selves, beloved: Christ justified himselfe by his Spirit, and will he not justifie his poore Church, and free it from the tyrannie of Antichrist? Will he not advance those that are troden on now, and made as the dirt in the street, that they shall shine as the Sunne? Therefore, when you heare of the dejected state of the Churches abroade, be not dismayed: Consider there is a glorious King that rules the World, and he will make it appeare ere long, he will justifie himselfe, and his Church; for, he suffers in his Church: He is wise, he sees cause to doe this, he is working his owne worke: he corrects,