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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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Shall Angels see and wonder at these things?1 At the love,2 and mercy, and wisdom of God, in governing his Church, in joining together things i• reconcilable (to mans apprehension) infinite justice with infinite mercy in Christ, that Gods wrath and justice should be satisfied in Christ, and thereby infinite mercy showed to us. Here are things for Angels to wonder at. 'Shall they wonder at it, and joy and delight in it; and shall we slight those things, that are the wonderment of Angels? There are a company of profane spirits, (I would there were not too many among us) that will scarce vouchsafe to look into these things; that have scarcely the Book of God in their Houses. They can wonder at a Story, or a Poem, or some frothy Device; at base things, not worthy to be reckoned of. But, as for the great Mysteries of Salvation, that great Work of the Trinity, about the Salvation of Man-kind, they tush at them, they slight them; ⟨p. 98⟩they never talk seriously of these things, except it be (as it were) with a graceless grace, of slighting, and scorn; they account it a disparagement, to be serious in these things; they make no Mysteries of that which the glorious creatures the Angels themselves, look upon and pry into, even with admiration. But it is not to be conceived of, the profaneness and poison that is in mans nature against Divine Truths (as I shall show afterwards;) how it slights the means of its own salvation, and stands wondering at baubles, and trifles: and so men waste away their precious time, in admiration of that which is nothing but vanity of vanities; whereas we should take up our time, in studying these transcendent things, that go beyond the capacity of the very Angels: yet these things we dally and trifle withal.
Shall Angels see and wonder at these things?1 At the love,2 and mercie, and wisedome of God, in governing his Church, in joyning together things i• r•concilable (to mans apprehension) infinite justice with infinite mercie in Christ, that Gods wrath and justice should be satisfied in Christ, and thereby infinite mercie shewed to us. Here are things for Angels to wonder at. 'Shall they wonder at it, and joy and delight in it; and shall we slight those things, that are the wonderment of Angels? There are a companie of prophane spirits, (I would there were not too many among us) that will scarce vouchsafe to looke into these things; that have scarcely the Booke of God in their Houses. They can wonder at a Storie, or a Poem, or some frothie Device; at base things, not worthie to be reckoned of. But, as for the great Mysteries of Salvation, that great Worke of the Trinitie, about the Salvation of Man-kind, they tush at them, they slight them;