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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Christ was rich.
There is no question to be made of this truth,1 Christ was rich,2 because he was the second ⟨p. 6⟩Person in Trinity, the Soon of God, the Heir of Heaven, and earth, rich every way: When he was poor, he was God then, though he covered his God-head with the veil of humanity, with our base and beggarly nature that he took upon him, he was alway rich. But especially this hath reference to what he was before he took our nature, he was rich, because he was God, and indeed God only is rich to purpose, independently,3 and eternally rich. Riches imply (among other things) plenty, and plenty of precious, and good things, and propriety, they must be good things that are our own. Christ had plenty of excellent things, and they were his own, he was not only rich in treasure, as he saith, gold is mine, and silver is mine, but heaven and earth that contains all treasures are his:4 The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof, and it is he that made the heavens; he that made heaven and earth must needs be rich, nay if there were need, he can make a thousand heavens, and earths, he is not only mighty, but Almighty, not only sufficient, but Al sufficient, he can do what may be done, he can do what he hath done, and more then he hath done, and more then we can conceive, he can remove all difficulties that hinder him, he is rich in power, and wisdom, every way. The point is very large, but it is not so pertinent to the text to show what he was in himself, but what he was for our sakes, therefore I will be shorter in it.