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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.
Again, those that trust in God, they are quiet when they have used the means.3 Faith hath a quieting power, it hath a power to still the soul, and to take up the quarrels, and murmuring, and grudgings that are there, and to set the soul down quiet: because it proposeth to the soul greater grounds of comfort, then the soul can see any cause of discomfort; the soul being reasonable, yields to the strength of the reason. Now when faith propounds grand comforts against all discouragements whatsoever, that overcomes them, that is greater in the way of comfort, then other things in the way of discouragement, the soul is quiet, it hopes comfort will be had, the soul is silent and at rest. We see in Psal. 43.2 when there was a mutiny in Davids soul, by reason of the ⟨p. 139⟩perplexed state he was in; he falls a chiding downright with his soul, Why art thou disquieted, O my soul! and why art thou troubled? But how doth he take up the contention? Trust in God, he is thy God. So that wheresoever there is faith, there is a quiet soul first or last: there will be stirring at the first, the waters of the soul will not be quiet presently. As in a pair of balance, there will be a little stirring when the weight is pu• in •ill there will be poise: so in the soul there will be some stirring and moving, it comes not to a quiet consistence, till there be some victory of faith with some conflict, till at length it rest,3 and stay the soul: for this power faith hath to quiet the soul, because it bottoms the soul so strongly (there is reason for it) it sets the soul upon God: and upon his promises. Therefore he that trusts in God is as mount Zion, you may stir him sometime, and move him, but you cannot remove him; the soul is quiet, because it is pitched upon a quiet object.
Againe, those that trust in God, they are quiet when they have used the meanes.3