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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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1And what a prerogative is this, that we have liberty, and boldness to the throne of grace, as it is Ephes. 3.2 that we have boldness to appear before God, to call him Father, to open our necessities, to fetch all things needful, to have the ear of the King of heaven, and earth, to be favourites in the court of heaven? every Christian may now go boldly to God, because the matter of distance, our sins, which make a separation between God and us, they are taken away, and the mercy of God runs amain to us, our nature in Christ standing pure and holy before God.
1And what a prerogative is this, that we have liberty, and boldnesse to the throne of grace, as it is Ephes. 3.2 that wee have boldnesse to appeare before God, to call him Father, to open our necessities, to fetch all things needfull, to have the eare of the King of heaven, and earth, to be favourites in the court of heaven? every Christian may now goe boldly to God, because the matter of distance, our sinnes, which make a separation betweene God and us, they are taken away, and the mercy of God runs amaine to us, our nature in Christ standing pure and holy before God.
- 1Liberty to the throne of grace.
- 2Ephes. 3.
1And then we have this grand prerogative, that all things shall turn to the best to us: what a privilege is this that there should be a blessing in the worst things, that the worst things to a child of God should be better then the best things to others, that the want, and poverty of a Christian should be better, then the riches of the world? because there is riches hid in his worst condition: