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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.
The ground of this is, that now in the covenant of grace all is of grace, both in justification and sanctification, all is of grace, nothing but grace. God hath set himself to get the glory of his free grace and mercy now in Jesus Christ. Therefore as our salvation is wrought out of us altogether, by our ⟨p. 115⟩surety, the second Adam, Christ: so our righteousness is altogether out of our selves, whereby we appear righteous before God. It is his, and given to us by marriage; being one with him, his righteousness is ours. And likewise in him we have the principle of all grace: he is the principle of our life, the root and foundation of spiritual life and sanctification. Without me you can do nothing. So that in Christ we have all that concerns our spiritual life in sanctification and justification, because it is a state of grace. Adam had it in himself, though God at the first clothed him with his image: yet not withstanding he had not such a necessity, as we have, to go to Christ for all: but now in the second Adam Christ, we must fetch grace for every thing from him. Therefore there must be poverty in regard of out knowledge; we have no spiritual knowledge of our selves: and poverty in regard of our affections; we have no joy, no peace, no comfort of our selves, no delight in good things, nor no strength to them; we have all from Christ.1 By grace (saith the Apostle) I am what I am▪ as if grace had given him his being, his form (as we say) Indeed so it doth: grace gives a Christian his form, and being, his work, and his working: for all working is from the inward being and form of things. By grace we are what we are in justification, and work what we work in sanctification, it is by what we have freely from Christ; therefore in that respect there must be poverty of spirit.2
The ground of this is, that now in the covenant of grace al is of grace, both in justification and sanctification, all is of grace, nothing but grace. God hath set himselfe to get the glory of his free grace and mercy now in Iesus Christ. Therefore as our salvation is wrought out of us altogether, by our ⟨p. 115⟩surety, the second Adam, Christ: so our righteousnesse is altogether out of our selves, whereby wee appeare righteous before God. It is his, and given to us by marriage; being one with him, his righteousnesse is ours. And likewise in him wee have the principle of all grace: he is the principle of our life, the root and foundation of spirituall life and sanctification. Without mee you can doe nothing. So that in Christ we have all that concernes our spirituall life in sanctification and justification, because it is a state of grace. Adam had it in himselfe, though God at the first clothed him with his image: yet not withstanding he had not such a necessity, as we have, to goe to Christ for all: but now in the second Adam Christ, we must fetch grace for every thing from him. Therefore there must be poverty in regard of out knowledge; we have no spirituall knowledge of our selves: and poverty in regard of our affections; wee have no joy, no peace, no comfort of our selves, no delight in good things, nor no strength to them; we have all from Christ.