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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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1There is somewhat in nature, for all legal obedience; man naturally hath some seeds, to love his Parents, to hate Murder, and the like: but to go out of himself, and cast himself upon Gods love, and mercy in Christ, there is no seeds of this in nature, but all against Faith in Christ: ⟨p. 151⟩oft times, when a man is cast down, all in the world seems to make against him; and then for a man to have his heart raised up by an Almighty power, to believe; certainly, this must be a Mystery: I say, when all makes against him, his Conscience makes against him, and the Judgement of God against him, and Satan's temptations against him, all the frame of things present seems to be against him, God himself oft times seems to be against him, to be an offended God, justly offended with his sins; for the soul in this case to cast it self upon God, in Christ, there must needs be a hidden and excellent deep work on the soul: This is the greatest Mystery, the greatest difficulty is in this branch; considering, how contrary to the heart of man Faith is.
1There is somewhat in nature, for all legall obedience; man naturally hath some seedes, to love his Parents, to hate Murther, and the like: but to go out of himselfe, and cast himselfe upon Gods love, and mercy in Christ, there is no seeds of this in nature, but all against Faith in Christ: ⟨p. 151⟩oft times, when a man is cast downe, all in the world seemes to make against him; and then for a man to have his heart raysed up by an Almightie power, to beleeve; certainely, this must be a Mysterie: I say, when all makes against him, his Conscience makes against him, and the Judgement of God against him, and Satans temptations against him, all the frame of things present seemes to be against him, God himselfe oft times seemes to be against him, to be an offended God, justly offended with his sinnes; for the soule in this case to cast it selfe upon God, in Christ, there must needs be a hidden and excellent deepe worke on the soule: This is the greatest Mysterie, the greatest difficultie is in this branch; considering, how contrarie to the heart of man Faith is.
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