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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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1The Word of God preached, it is not altogether to teach us,2 but (the Spirit going with it) to work grace, necessary to strengthen us in the inward man. And those that say they know it enough, deceive themselves, they know it not: Religion is a Mystery; and can it be learned at the first? There is no▪ Mystery, but it requires many years to learn: if it be but a handy-craft, men are six or seven years learning it; and is Religion, and the Mysteries and depths of it learned so soon, think we? There is a Mystery in every Grace, (in Repentance, in Faith, in Patience) that no man knows, but those that have the Graces, what belongs to those Graces. Religion consists not in some parts, and abilities, to speak and conceive of these things; and yet that is hardly learned, being contrary to our nature, having no seeds of these things: even the outside of Religion, that is the preparative to the inward, there is somewhat to do, to bring our hearts to these things. But then, Religion it self it is a deep Mystery, it requires a great deal of learning.
1The Word of God preached, it is not altogether to teach us,2 but (the Spirit going with it) to worke grace, necessarie to strengthen us in the inward man. And those that say they know it enough, deceive themselves, they know it not: Religion is a Mysterie; and can it be learned at the first? There is no▪ Mysterie, but it requires many yeeres to learne: if it be but a handy-craft, men are six or seven yeeres learning it; and is Religion, and the Mysteries and depths of it learned so soone, thinke we? There is a Mysterie in every Grace, (in Repentance, in Faith, in Patience) that no man knowes, but those that have the Graces, what belongs to those Graces. Religion consists not in some parts, and abilities, to speake and conceive of these things; and yet that is hardly learned, being contrarie to our nature, having no seedes of these things: even the outside of Religion, that is the preparative to the inward, there is somewhat to doe, to bring our hearts to these things. But then, Religion it selfe it is a deepe Mysterie, it requires a great deale of learning.