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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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Likewise,1 it may comfort us in all our extremities whatsoever, in all our desertions: the time may come, beloved, that we may be deserted of the world, and deserted of our friends; we may be in such straits, as we may have no body in the world near us. Oh, but if a man be a true Christian, he hath God and Angels about him alway. A Christian is a King, he is never without his Guard, that invisible Guard of Angels. What if a man have no body by him when he dies, but God and his good Angels, to carry his soul to Heaven, is he neglected? Every Christian, if he hath none else with him, he hath God, the whole Trinity, and the Guard of Angels, to help and comfort him, and to convey his soul to the place of happiness. Therefore, let us never despair, let us never be disconsolate; whatsoever our condition be, we shall have God and good Angels with us in all our straits and extremities. Go through all the passages of our life, we see how ready we are to fall into dangers.2 In our infancy, in our tender years, we are committed to their custody: after, in our dangers,3 they pitch their Tents about us, as it is Psal. 34. The Angels of the Lord, pitch their Tents about those that fear the Lord. In our conversion they rejoice;4 There is joy in Heaven at the conversion of a sinner. At the hour of death,5 (as we see in Lazarus) they are ready to convey our souls to the place of happiness. Lazarus soul was carried by Angels into Abraham's bosom. At the Resurrection, they shall gather our dead bodies together; it is the ⟨p. 104⟩office of the Angels. In Heaven, they shall praise and glorify God, together with us, forever; for, Christ shall come with a multitude of heavenly Angels, at the Day of Judgement: when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints; then we shall for ever glorify God, Saints and Angels together, in Heaven. Therefore,