A12186:686
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.
And as we see our •••ves ••eed from all ill i• Christ,1 so for all good, •ee it in him first, and conveyed by him to us: whatsoever he hath, I shall have, he is risen, and ascended, I shall therefore rise, and ascend, and fit at the right h•nd of God for ever with him, […] shall be for ever with the Lord: let us see our riches in him, he is rich first as the head or first fruits, and then we as the lump afterwards, the first fruits were sanctified, and then the lump, the first fruits are glorious, and then the rest after; whatsoever we look for in our selves, see it in him first, and then the consideration of a Christian condition, is a comfortable consideration. Take • Christian in all conditions whatsoever, if he be poor, Chris• […] poo•• for him, that his poverty might not •ee a […] to him: if he be poor, Christ was rich to make him rich in the best riches, and to take the sting out of poverty, and to turn it to his good: if he be abased, Christ was abased for him, to sanctify his abasement; let us labour to see it […] curse taken a way in every thing, and not only so, but to see a blessing in all, being made […] then it will be a comfortable consideration▪
And as wee see our •••ves ••eed from all ill i• Christ,1 so for all good, •ee it in him first, and conveyed by him to us: whatsoever hee hath, I shall have, he is risen, and ascended, I shall therefore rise, and ascend, and fit at the right h•nd of God for ever with him, 〈…〉 shall be for ever with the Lord: let us see our riches in him, he is rich first as the head or first fruits, and then wee as the lumpe afterwards, the first fruits were sanctified, and then the lumpe, the first fruits are glorious, and then the rest after; whatsoever we looke for in our selves, see it in him first, and then the consideration of a Christian condition, is a comfortable consideration. Take Christian in all conditions whatsoever, if he be poore, Chris poo for him, that his poverty might not ee a to him: if he be poore, Christ was rich to make him rich in the best riches, and to take the sting out of poverty, and to turne it to his good: if he be abased, Christ was abased for him, to sanctifie his abasement; let us labour to see it curse taken a way in every thing, and not onely so, but to see a blessing in all, being made then it will be a comfortable consideration