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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
THE RICH POVERTY: OR, The Poor-mans Riches.THE RICH POVERTY: OR, The Poore-mans Riches.
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 it will make a man wondrous thankful,1 ⟨p. 88⟩Who am I, and what is my fathers house? What is there in me? What could God see in me to single me out of the rest, out of a great number that go the broad way to destruction, to set his love upon me? It will inflame the heart with thankfulness to God; It will not make a man proud to despise others; that is pharisaical but it will inflame the heart to be thankful in a peculiar m•nner to God. And to single ou• God in a peculiar manner to be our God, as he hath singled us out to be his: for always he works somewhat in us, like to that he works for us. Those that God hath singled out to be his, he will give them grace to single out him again. God shall be my God, religion shall be my care, and that that God respects shall be that that I will respect • since God so respects me, shall not I love and respect all that God respects? And shall I not grieve when any thing goes amiss with that that God hath a care of• Certainly it will work this disposition, when we come to perceive, by grounded evidence, that we are of that few company, of that remnant here spoken of, that God will leave alway to trust in his name.
And it will make a man woundrous thankfull,1 ⟨p. 88⟩Who am I, and what is my fathers house? What is there in me? What could God see in me to single me out of the rest, out of a great number that go the broad way to destruction, to set his love upon me? It will inflame the heart with thankfulnesse to God; It will not make a man proud to despise others; that is pharisaicall but it will inflame the heart to bee thankefull in a peculiar m•nner to God. And to single ou• God in a peculiar manner to be our God, as he hath singled us out to be his: for alwayes he workes somewhat in us, like to that he workes for us. Those that God hath singled out to be his, he will give them grace to single out him againe. God shall be my God, religion shall be my care, and that that God respects shall be that that I will respect since God so respects me, shall not I love and respect all that God respects? And shal I not greeve when any thing goes amisse with that that God hath a care of Certainly it will worke this disposition, when wee come to perceive, by grounded evidence, that we are of that few company, of that remnant here spoken of, that God will leave alway to trust in his name.