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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.
Now because we all pretend that we trust in the name of the Lord. We will first examine our trust: let us try our trust a little, that we may see whether it be true trust or no. And then upon that we will give some directions, how to come to this blessed condition, to trust in the name of the Lord.
Now because we all pretend that we trust in the name of the Lord. We will first examine our trust: let us try our trust a little, that wee may see whether it be true trust or no. And then upon that we will give some directions, how to come to this blessed condition, to trust in the name of the Lord.
1For the first: I do not take trust here for the first faith, which is the grace of union to receive Christ: but for the exercise of faith afterwards in ⟨p. 137⟩a Christians life; so we speak of it as a fruit rather that comes from faith.2 And we may know our trust in the name of the Lord, being now conceived as a gracious Father in Christ, clothed with the relation of a father: for so we must trust him, not God ••solutely; for there is no comfort in an absolute God, distinct from his relations: but when we apprehend him in relation, as a sweet Father in Christ, in that name, then the nature of God is lovely to us, between whom and us there was an infinite distance before. Now Christ being Emanuel, God with us, hath brought God and us together in terms of league. Now our nature is lovely to God in Christ, because it is taken to the unity of his person, and Gods nature is lovely to us, having made himself a father in Christ his beloved Sonne. Therefore when we speak of God, our thoughts must run upon God as thus conceived, as clothing himself with the sweet term of Father, our God in covenant, we must so apprehend him.