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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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I answer;1 this is a Mystery, that God should suffer those witty people, that were of excellent parts, to go on in their own ways. But there was matter enough in themselves; we need not call God to our Bar, to answer for himself; they were malicious against the Light they knew; ⟨p. 130⟩they imprisoned the light of nature that they had,2 as it is Rom. 1. they were unfaithful in that they had: therefore, besides that it is a Mystery, God may well be excused. Do but look to the judgement that some of the Heathens had of divine things, what reprobate and malicious judgements they had, how basely they esteemed of the Jews? 3the Jewish Nation, saith Tully, show how God regards them, in that she hath been overcome so oft by Nebuchadnezzar, and Pompey, &c. What a reasoning was this? And that proud Historian Tacitus, 4how scornfully doth he speak of Christians? It is not to be imagined, the pride that was in the Heathens against the Jewish Religion, especially the Christian Religion, how they scorned and persecuted it, in the beginning of it. So you see, in the best of the Heathen men there was matter and ground of Gods just condemning of them: therefore we need not quarrel with God against that.
I answer;1 this is a Mysterie, that God should suffer those wittie people, that were of excellent parts, to goe on in their owne wayes. But there was matter enough in themselves; we need not call God to our Barre, to answer for himselfe; they were malicious against the Light they knew; ⟨p. 130⟩they imprisoned the light of nature that they had,2