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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 Holy Ghost must ascertain this: for as the work of salvation was so great, that only God could satisfy God, so the doubts of mans heart, and the guilt of his conscience, when it is upon him, and the fear of Gods wrath, upon just guilt, is such, that God must assure him, that God is reconciled to him, God the Son must reconcile God the Father, and God the holy Ghost, must seal and ascertain this to the soul. The soul will never be quiet, before it see and know in particular, God reconciled in Christ; the Spirit that is God, that is above conscience, must seal it to the Soul, being above conscience, he can set down and quiet our conscience. Now this Spirit that worketh this in us, ⟨p. 289⟩and assures us of Gods good pleasure, it alters and changeth our dispositions, that we shall have a good pleasure in God, for there is a mutual good pleasure,2 God hath a good pleasure in us as his, and we have a good pleasure in God, wrought by the Spirit; the Spirit not only witnesseth, but worketh this sweet, and gracious disposition to God, God delights in us, and we in God, God delights in the Church above all things, the Church is his wife and Spouse, his body, his friends, his children, and those that have the Spirit of God, delight in them too: Psal. 16,3 All my delight is in the excellent, and Pro. 8. My delight is in the Sons of men, saith Christ; which he showed, by taking the base nature of man upon him: so all that have the Spirit of Christ, delight in the Church and people of God, All my delight is in the Saints on earth: God saith, his delight is in his Church, Hos. 2.4 So all that have the Spirit of God, they delight in the people of God.
1The Holy Ghost must ascertaine this: for as the worke of salvation was so great, that onely God could satisfie God, so the doubts of mans heart, and the guilt of his conscience, when it is upon him, and the feare of Gods wrath, upon just guilt, is such, that God must assure him, that God is reconciled to him, God the Sonne must reconcile God the Father, and God the holy Ghost, must seale and ascertaine this to the soule. The soule will never bee quiet, before it see and know in particular, God reconciled in Christ; the Spirit that is God, that is above conscience, must seale it to the Soule, being above conscience, he can set downe and quiet our conscience. Now this Spirit that worketh this in us,