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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.
Faith,1 the nature of it is, (after it hath applied it self to the grounds of comfort;) to draw virtue and strength from God. Of it self it is the most beggarly grace of all: Love is a rich grace, ⟨p. 136⟩but yet notwithstanding in the covenant of grace, wherein grace and mercy must have the glory; God hath stablished such a grace to rule there as ascribes all out of it self, and is an empty grace of it self; to make use of the riches that is ou• of it self: therefore God hath made choice of this trusting instead of all other graces, as indeed leading to all other graces whatsoever. God brings us home by a contrary way to that we fell from him. How did we fall from God at the first, that was our Rock, our defence and trust? We fell from him by distrust, by having him in a jealousy, as if he aimed more at himself, then at our good; so the Devil persuaded our first parents: the next way therefore to come back again to God, it must be to have a good conceit of God, not to have him in jealousy; but to be convinced in our souls that he loves us, better then we can love our selves (in spite of the Devil and all his temptations:) so to trust God is to rely upon him in life and death: therefore God hath appointed this grace, as he saith here. They shall trust in the name of the Lord.
Faith,1 the nature of it is, (after it hath applied it selfe to the grounds of comfort;) to draw vertue and strength from God. Of it selfe it is the most beggerly grace of all: Love is a rich grace, ⟨p. 136⟩but yet notwithstanding in the covenant of grace, wherein grace and mercy must have the glory; God hath stablished such a grace to rule there as ascribes all out of it selfe, and is an empty grace of it selfe; to make use of the riches that is ou• of it selfe: therefore God hath made choice of this trusting instead of all other graces, as indeed leading to all other graces whatsoever. God brings us home by a contrary way to that we fell from him. How did we fall from God at the first, that was our Rock, our defence and trust? We fell from him by distrust, by having him in a jealousie, as if he aimed more at himselfe, then at our good; so the Devill perswaded our first parents: the next way therefore to come back againe to God, it must be to have a good conceit of God, not to have him in jealousie; but to be convinced in our soules that he loves us, better then we can love our selves (in spight of the Devill and all his temptations:) so to trust God is to relye upon him in life and death: therefore God hath appointed this grace, as he saith here. They shall trust in the name of the Lord.