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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
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.
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1The Text saith, by the Spirit: For, as Christ justified himself,2 that is, declared himself to be as he was, by his Spirit; so every Christian hath the Spirit of Christ, or else he is none of his: and by ⟨p. 89⟩this Spirit of Christ, he is able to justify his profession; not only to justify Christ to be the true Head, &c. but all things he doth, must be done by the Spirit, or not at all. For as Christ, when he became man, and was in the World, he did all by the direction of the Spirit; He was led into the Wilderness by the Spirit; he taught by the Spirit; the Spirit that sanctified him in the Womb, guided him in all his life: so a Christian is guided by the Spirit, God doth all to him by the Spirit; he is comforted, and directed, and strengthened by the Spirit, and he again doth all to God by the Spirit: he prays in the Spirit, and sighs and groans to God in the Spirit, he walks in the Spirit, he doth all by the Spirit. Therefore, by the Spirit let us justify and declare our selves what we are; that there is somewhat in us above nature, that we have love above carnal men, and patience and meekness above the ability and capacity of other men: We justify our profession, when we do somewhat more then nature, or when we do common ordinary things in a spiritual holy manner. Religion is not a matter of form, but of Spirit: Let us not show our Religion only by word, but by the fruits of the Spirit; by love, and mercy, and meekness, and zeal, when occasion serves. The whole life of a Christian (as far as he is a Christian) it gives evidence that he is a Christian; the whole life of a carnal formal man, evidences that he is not a Christian, because he hath nothing in him above other men: as our Saviour Christ ⟨p. 90⟩