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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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2Those that are reconciled one to another, have common friends, and common enemies, if therefore there be peace between God and us, it is so with us; we love all, where we see any evidence of Gods love, we love Christians as Christians, and whom God loves not, we love not, what God hates we hate in our selves and others, we hate corruptions in our selves and others, though we love their persons.
2Those that are reconciled one to another, have common friends, and common enemies, if therefore there be peace betweene God and us, it is so with us; we love all, where we see any evidence of Gods love, we love Christians as Christians, and whom God loves not, we love not, what God hates we hate in our selves and others, wee hate corruptions in our selves and others, though we love their persons.
- 2Gods friends and enemies are ours.
3Another evidence of peace made in Christ, between God and us, is a boldness of spirit, and acquaintance with God, Acquaint thy self with God, and be at peace with him, Job 22.2 A Christian being at peace with God in Christ Jesus, he goes boldly to the Throne of grace, in all his necessities, as a poor child goes boldly to his father, and moves the bowels of his father by his petitions. When two Kingdoms are at peace, there is trading set up afresh again, so when God is ⟨p. 265⟩at peace with the soul,3 there is a heavenly intercourse, and trading set up: there is no man that is at peace with God, but he calls upon God in his person, in his family, he sets up the worship of God there, he labours to bring all to God that he can, he thinks it the most gainful trade in the world. In the want of grace, and spiritual comfort, he goes to the Fountain of grace, and improves that blessed prerogative, we have by peace in Christ; those that have not the Spirit of God to improve it in Communion, and trading with God, it is a sign there is no peace: strangeness shows, that there is no peace. Alas how strangely do many walk towards God, that from Sunday to Sunday, scarce lift up their hearts to heaven for a blessing, but walk in the strength of their own mother-wit, and support themselves with the success of second causes, and bless themselves, they are strangers from the God of peace: let us take notice of this, and account it a great prerogative, that we may go to God with boldness, that it is not now as it was in Paradise, there is no Angel with a sword to shut us from heaven, but now there is an entrance to the Throne of grace, we may go boldly in the name of Christ, to offer our selves, and all our endeavours.