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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.
To declare this a little more particularly.
The Angels knew of Christs coming in the flesh, 1before it was: for, what the Church knew, the Angels knew, in some measure. When God made the Promise of the Promised Seed, the Angels knew of it. And in Daniel, the Angel speaks of the 70 Weeks: therefore, before his Incarnation, they knew of him. But now they saw him with wonderment in our flesh, now they had an experimental knowledge of him:2 For, the Angels, besides their natural & supernatural knowledge, they have an experimental knowledge, that is daily increased in them, in the Church; they see somewhat to admiration continually, in the Church, in the Head, and in the members. They knew of the Incarnation of Christ before: you know the Angel brought the news of it before-hand, to the Virgin Mary. The Angels attended upon Christ, from his very infancy; the Angels ministered to him,3 in his temptation; before his death, they comforted him in the Garden: he was made lower then the Angels (in some sort) as it is in Psal. 8.4 for they came to comfort him; he was so low, that he had the comforting of Angels: Then they saw when he was buried, they rolled away the stone.
The Angels knew of Christs comming in the flesh, 1before it was: for, what the Church knew, the Angels knew, in some measure. When God made the Promise of the Promised Seed, the Angels knew of it. And in Daniel, the Angel speakes of the 70 Weekes: therefore, before his Incarnation, they knew of him. But now they saw him with wonderment in our flesh, now they had an experimentall knowledge of him: