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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.
This poverty of spirit, as we call it, is, spiritual vacuum, spiritual emptiness. You know in Philosophy, there is nothing empty in the world, but it is filled either with air, or some kind of body: and to avoid the enemy of nature, emptiness, things will change their seat; heavy things will go upward, and things that are above, will com• below to avoid emptiness, that is contrary to •• ture, there being a fullness of things with one body ⟨p. 120⟩or other: so I say, spiritual poverty it is a• emptying of the soul, which of force alway brings better things in. Wheresoever this emptying of the soul is; this making of our selves poor, it is upon good ground by this course: it is always such a vacuum and emptiness of one thing, as brings in another better. The soul can never be altogether empty; when wind, and vain stuff is out, then comes better things in, which S. Paul calls the fullness of God; he prays, and wishes that they might be filled with the fullness of God: then comes fullness of knowledge and understanding, and fullness of affection, and fullness of contentment, and complacency in the will, and all the soul hath an answerable fullness to the proportion of the emptying it self of it self.
This poverty of spirit, as we call it, is, spirituale vacuum, spirituall emptinesse. You know in Philosophy, there is nothing empty in the world, but it is filled either with aire, or some kind of body: and to avoide the enemy of nature, emptinesse, things will change their seat; heavie things will goe upward, and things that are above, will com• below to avoid emptinesse, that is contrary to •• ture, there being a fulnesse of things with one bodie ⟨p. 120⟩or other: so I say, spirituall poverty it is a• emptying of the soule, which of force alway brings better things in. Wheresoever this emptying of the soule is; this making of our selves poore, it is upon good ground by this course: it is alwaies such a vacuum and emptinesse of one thing, as brings in another better. The soule can never be altogether empty; when winde, and vaine stuffe is out, then comes better things in, which S. Paul cals the fulnesse of God; he prayes, and wishes that they might be filled with the fulnesse of God: then comes fulnesse of knowledge and understanding, and fulnesse of affection, and fulnesse of contentment, and complacency in the will, and all the soule hath an answerable fulnesse to the proportion of the emptying it selfe of it selfe.