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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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1Again, he must needs be rich, whose poverty, and crosses are made riches to him. God never takes away, or withholds outward blessings from his children, but he makes it up in better, in inward: they gain by all their losses, and grow rich by their wants: for how many are there in the world that had not been so rich in grace, if they had had abundance of earthly things? so that though they be poor in the world, they are rich to God, rich in grace, rich in faith, as Saint James saith: The greatest grievances and ills in the world turn to a Christians sickness, and shame, and death: the Spirit of God is like the Stone that men talk so of,2 that turns all into gold, it teacheth us to make a spiritual use and to extract comfort out of every thing, the worst things we can suffer in the world, all things are ours (as I said before) even Satan himself, the Spirit of God helps us to make good use of his temptations to cleave faster to the fountain of good.
1Againe, he must needs be rich, whose poverty, and crosses are made riches to him. God never takes away, or witholds outward blessings from his children, but he makes it up in better, in inward: they gaine by all th•ir losses, and grow rich by their wants: for how many are there in the world that had not beene so rich in grace, if they had had abundance of earthly things? so that though they bee poore in the world, they are rich to God, rich in grace, rich in faith, as Saint Iames saith: The greatest grievances and ills in the world turne to a Christians sicknesse, and shame, and death: the Spirit of God is like the Stone that men talke so of,2 that turnes all into gold, it teacheth us to make a spirituall use and to extract comfort out of every thing, the worst things we can suffer in the world, all things are ours (as I said before) even Sathan himselfe, the Spirit of God helpes us to make good use of his temptations to cleave faster to the fountaine of good.
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