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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.
1Afflictions and poverty sanctified they have a power to bring us to God, and to keep us in, and to recover us when we are fallen. They bring us in, as we see in Manasseh, and in the prodigal son, affliction and poverty they brought him to know himself; they brought him home, he was not himself before; they brought him to inward poverty: when he could not be satisfied so much as ⟨p. 101⟩with husks abroad, it was time for him to look home again. So when we are in the state of grace, it keeps and pales us in, God hedgeth us in with thorns, that we may not run out. And then if we fall, it recovers us, and fetcheth us in again by embittering sinful courses to us. We see then affliction and poverty is sanctified to Gods children, to work an inward fight of their spiritual wants.
1Afflictions and poverty sanctified they have a power to bring us to God, and to keepe us in, and to recover us when we are fallen. They bring us in, as we see in Manasses, and in the prodigall son, affliction and poverty they brought him to know himselfe; they brought him home, he was not himselfe before; they brought him to inward poverty: when he could not be satisfied so much as ⟨p. 101⟩with husks abroad, it was time for him to looke home againe. So when we are in the state of grace, it keepes and pales us in, God hedgeth us in with thornes, that we may not run out. And then if we fall, it recovers us, and fetcheth us in againe by imbittering sinfull courses to us. We see then affliction and poverty is sanctified to Gods children, to worke an inward fight of their spirituall wants.
- 1Afflictions bring us to God.
Take notice hence of the poison and sinfulness of our corrupt nature,