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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.
Mere civill persons,1 the Apostle saith of them, 2 Tim. 3.2 they are such, as have a form of Godliness, but deny the power of it. All that rabblement, that he names there, they have a form: A form is easy, but the power of it is not so easy. Therefore let us justify our Religion, by our conversation: Let us justify the Ordinances of God, the preaching and hearing of the Word of God, by reverence in hearing it, as the Word of God; and labour to express it, in our lives and conversations: or else, we think it nothing but the speech of man. Let us justify the Sacrament, to be the Scale of God, by coming reverently to it, and by finding our Faith strengthened by it: So labour to justify every Ordinance of God, from some sweet comforts that we feel by them; and then we show, that we are true members of CHRIST, that we are like CHRIST, who justified himself in the Spirit.
Meere civill persons,1 the Apostle sayth of them, 2 Tim. 3.2 they are such, as have a forme of Godlinesse, but denie the power of it. All that rabblement, that he names there, they have a forme: A forme is easie, but the power of it is not so easie. Therefore let us justifie our Religion, by our conversation: Let us justifie the Ordinances of God, the preaching and hearing of the Word of God, by reverence in hearing it, as the Word of God; and labour to expresse it, in our lives and conversations: or else, we thinke it nothing but the speech of man. Let us justifie the Sacrament, to be the Scale of God, by comming reverently to it, and by finding our Faith strengthened by it: So labour to justifie everie Ordinance of God, from some sweet comforts that wee feele by them; and then we shew, that wee are true members of CHRIST, that we are like CHRIST, who justified himselfe in the Spirit.
- 1Mere civill men, who.