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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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We must not think of Christ as an underling in the work of salvation; he is a principle (in the work) from his Father. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ it is the cause of all. It was the cause why he was man: It is the cause of all grace that is in us: that that is the cause of the cause, is the cause of the thing caused. The grace of Christ is the cause of all in us: because it was the cause of Christs suffering, from whence we have grace. Grace was the cause that Christ was man, and that he suffered: ⟨p. 46⟩therefore it is the cause of grace in us. Christ was a gift, the Father gave him, and he gave himself. If thou hadst known the gift of God (saith Christ to the Woman of Samariah,) Oh it is the greatest gift that ever was.
Wee must not thinke of Christ as an underling in the worke of salvation; hee is a principle (in the worke) from his Father. The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ it is the cause of all. It was the cause why hee was man: It is the cause of all grace that is in us: that that is the cause of the cause, is the cause of the •hing caused. The grace of Christ is the cause of all in us: because it was the cause of Christs suffering, from whence we have grace. Grace was the cause that Christ was man, and that he suffered: ⟨p. 46⟩therefore it is the cause of grace in us. Christ was a gift, the Father gave him, and he gave himself. If thou hadst knowne the gift of God (saith Christ to the Woman of Samariah,) Oh it is the greatest gift that ever was.
1Therefore when we think of any one of the Persons in the Trinity, we must not exclude the rest, but include all, which is a comfortable consideration: because there is a sweet union of all the three Persons in the great work of salvation. As Christ saith, I in the Father, and the Father in me; not in essence alone he is God, and I am God, but I am in the Father, and he in me; I consent with the Father, and the Father with me; we both agree in the great work of salvation.