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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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1Now all these riches that we have by Christ, it supposeth union with him by faith, as the riches of the wife supposeth marriage; union is the ground of all the comfort we have by Christ; our communion springs from union with him, which is begun in effectual calling, as soon as we are taken out of old Adam, and ingrafted into him, all becomes ours. Christ procures the spirit, the spirit works faith, faith knits us to Christ, and by this union we have communion of all the favours of this life and the life to come: therefore I say all is grounded upon union by the grace of faith. Christ married our nature that we might be married to him by his spirit: and until there be a union, there is no derivation of grace, and comfort. The head only hath influence to the members that are knit ⟨p. 25⟩unto it: therefore Christ, […] our nature, that he might not only be a head of eminency (as he is to Angels) but a head of influence: Now there must be a knitting of the members to the head, before any spirits can be derived from the head to the members: therefore the Apostle saith, that Christ is our riches:2 but it is as he is in us, To whom God would make known, what is the riches of this mystery among the Gentiles: Christ in you the hope of glory. Christ is all to us, but it is as he is in us, and we in him, we must be in him as the branches in the Vine, and he in us as the Vine in the branches: so Christ is the hope of glory, as he is in us. We must labour therefore by faith to he• made one with Christ before we can think of the settings with comfort.
1Now al these riches that we have by Christ, it supposeth union with him by faith, as the riches of the wife supposeth marriage; union is the ground of all the comfort we have by Christ; our communion springs from union with him, which is begun in effectuall calling, as soone as we are taken out of old Adam, and ingrafted into him, all becomes ours. Christ procures the spirit, the spirit workes faith, faith knits us to Christ, and by this union we have communion of all the favours of this life and the life to come: therefore I say all is grounded upon union by the grace of faith. Christ married our nature that we might be married to him by his spirit: and untill there be a union, there is no derivation of grace, and comfort. The head onely hath influence to the members that are knit