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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 then he makes us rich by infusion of his holy Spirit,1 by working all needful graces of sanctification in us, for by the virtue of Christs death the spirit is obtained, and by the spirit our natures are changed: so we have the riches of holiness from Christ, the graces of love, of contentment, of patience, & courage, &c. of his fullness we receive grace for grace, grace answerable to the grace that is in him, the same spirit that sanctified his humane nature, and knit it to his divine, it sanctifieth his members, and makes them rich in grace, and sanctification which is the best riches.
And then he makes us rich by infusion of his holy Spirit,1 by working all needfull graces of sanctification in us, for by the vertue of Christs death the spirit is obtained, and by the spirit our natures are changed: so wee have the riches of holinesse from Christ, the graces of love, of contentment, of patience, & courage, &c. of his fulnesse we receive grace for grace, grace answerable to the grace that is in him, the same spirit that sanctified his humane nature, and knit it to his divine, it sanctifieth his members, and makes them rich in grace, and sanctification which is the best riches.
- 1By infusion.
1Then again, we are rich in prerogatives, we are the sons of God by adoption, what love (saith the Apostle) hath the Father showed, that we should be called the sons of God? and this we have by the poverty of Christ: whatsoever Christ is by nature, we are by grace; he is the Son of God by nature, we are his sons by grace; and being sons, we are heirs, heirs of heaven, and heirs of the world, as much as shall serve for our good, all things are ours by virtue of our adoption, because we are Christs, and Christ is Gods: there is a world of riches in this, to be the sons of God.