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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.
1Now this poverty is not a mere want of grace, to be poor in spirit, is not to be poor of that spirit, or to be of a poor spirit: to be of a poor spirit is to have no goodness, no ⟨p. 107⟩worth at all, but to be of a dejected base mind. Gods children are not so, there are none more courageous then they, when they are called to it. It is not this poverty of spirit, to have no goodness at all. But to be poor in spirit, is a state and disposition of soul,2 that hath some goodness, wherein they see a want of further goodness: they have so much goodness and worth, as to see an unworthiness in themselves, and a greater worthiness out of themselves. They are sensible of their own want, and see they have not means of supply in themselves, and they see an all-sufficiency out of themselves, in God, in Christ; they see a necessity of dependence for supply out of themselves in their whole condition till they come to Heaven. In a word, this poverty is a sight of our own nothingness in our selves, and besides that, our own inability; and a sight of sufficiency out of our selves, and a desire of it, and likewise a hope of supply from thence, which hope carries us to endeavour, and to waiting, till we he have supply.
1Now this poverty is not a meere want of grace, to be poore in spirit, is not to bee poore of that spirit, or to bee of a poore spirit: to be of a poore spirit is to have no goodnesse, no ⟨p. 107⟩worth at all, but to be of a dejected base mind. Gods children are not so, ther are none more couragious then they, when they are called to it. It is not this poverty of spirit, to have no goodnesse at all. But to be poor in spirit, is a state and disposition of soule,2 that hath some goodnesse, wherein they see a want of further goodnesse: they have so much goodnesse and worth, as to see an unworthinesse in themselves, and a greater worthinesse out of themselves. They are sensible of their own want, and see they have not meanes of supply in themselves, and they see an all-sufficiency out of themselves, in God, in Christ; they see a necessity of dependance for supply out of themselves in their whole condition till they come to Heaven. In a word, this poverty is a sight of our owne nothingnesse in our selves, and besides that, our owne inability; and a sight of sufficiency out of our selves, and a desire of it, and likewise a hope of supply from thence, which hope carries us to endeavour, and to waiting, till we he have supply.