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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.
3Again, he that hath learned truly to trust God for the grand main matters, he will trust him likewise with his posterity, with his children, without using indirect means to make them rich, as if they could not be blessed unless they have such a portion put into their hand when we dye,2 as […] God had not stock enough for them, for the Earth is th• Lords and the fullness thereof. And he is the God of the faithful and of their seed. Is he so? Then let us labour to leave our children in covenant, leave them in a gracious frame and state of soul, that they may be Gods children, and then we leave them rich: for we leave them God all-sufficient to be their portion. Therefore those that pretend, I do this but for my posterity and children, when they are unjust and unconscionable in their getting: they make this defence for their unbelief: if they had true faith, as they trust God with their souls (as they pretend at least) so they would with their children and posterity.
3Againe, he that hath learned truly to trust God for the grand maine matters, he will trust him likewise with his posterity, with his children, without using indirect meanes to make them rich, as if they could not be blessed unlesse they have such a portion put into their hand when we dye,2 as 〈…〉 God had not stock enough for them, for the Earth is th• Lords and the fulnesse therof. And he is the God of the faithfull and of their seed. Is he so? Then let us labour to leave our children in covenant, leave them in a gracious frame and state of soule, that they may be Gods children, and then wee leave them rich: for we leave them God alsufficient to be their portion. Therefore those that pretend, I do this but for my posterity and children, when they are unjust and unconscionable in their getting: they make this defence for their unbeliefe: if they had true faith, as they trust God with their soules (as they pretend at least) so they would with their children and posterity.
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