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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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And where is his Body in the mean time; in the Sacrament? No: he is received up in glory. Therefore, we must have our thoughts in heaven, when we are about that business, we must lift up our hearts, as it is in our Liturgy, which is taken out of the ancient Liturgy, We lift them up unto the Lord; we must have holy thoughts raised up to Christ, in Heaven.
And where is his Body in the meane time; in the Sacrament? No: he is received up in glory. Therefore, we must have our thoughts in heaven, when we are about that businesse, we must lift up our hearts, as it is in our Liturgie, which is taken out of the ancient Liturgie, We lift them up unto the Lord; we must have holy thoughts raysed up to Christ, in Heaven.
Again,1 is Christ received up to glory? Here is singular comfort,2 considering what I said before. that he is ascended as a public person,1 in our behalf, in our nature, for our good. Therefore, when we think of Christ in Heaven, think of our Husband in Heaven, think of our selves in Heaven; ⟨p. 176⟩We are set together in heavenly places with Christ, as the Apostle saith, Ephes. 2.4 We have a glorious life but it is hid with Christ, in Heaven. When Christ himself shall be revealed, our life shall be revealed, though we creep upon the Earth as worms, yet notwithstanding we have communion and fellowship with Christ, who is joined with us in the same Mystical Body, who is now at the right hand of God in Heaven; and he that hath glorified his natural Body in Heaven, that he took upon him, he will glorify his Mystical Body: for, he took flesh and blood; his natural Body, for the glory of his Mystical Body, that he might bring his Church to glory. Therefore, we ought as verily to believe, that he will take his Mystical Body, and every particular member of it, to Heaven, as he hath taken his natural Body, and hath set it there in glory.