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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.
to take away matter of pride, and matter of conceitedness in carnal excellencies, to make us know our selves, and him, and the world what it is, the vanity of the world, and worldly things. You see then, God hath some cause to do it.
to take away matter of pride, and matter of conceitednesse in carnall excellencies, to make us know our selves, and him, and the world what it is, the vanity of the world, and worldly things. You see then, God hath some cause to do it.
And we may justify God when he any way abaseth us in this world:1 2he knows what he hath to do with us, let us leave that to him, so he save our souls, and sanctify them, and delight in us to heaven and happiness: if his pleasure be to diet us in this world, in regard of riches, and greatness, that he do not answer our desires, but keep us under hatches; let us leave it to his will, he knows what to do with us: as the Physician knows better what concerns the sick, than the sick doth. ⟨p. 98⟩Therefore let us take in good part the wise dispensation of God.
And we may justifie God when he any way abaseth us in this world:1 2he knowes what hee hath to do with us, let us leave that to him, so he save our soules, and sanctifie them, and delight in us to heaven and happinesse: if his pleasure be to diet us in this world, in regard of riches, and greatnesse, that he do not answer our desires, but keepe us under hatches; let us leave it to his will, he knowes what to do with us: as the Physitian knowes better what concernes the sicke, than the sick doth. ⟨p. 98⟩