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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, if we would trust in God, labour every day to be acquainted with God in daily prayer,2 in hearing, and reading, and meditation. We trust friends with whom we are much acquainted: and those that are not acquainted with God, in that communion that belongs to Christians, that do not often talk with God by prayer, and meditation when they go to God in extremity, what will God say to them? Upon what acquaintance? You are strangers to me, and I will be a stranger to you; and Wisdom it self will laugh at their dectruct•on, Pro, 1.2 when they will force acquaintance upon God when they have use of him, and never care for him in the time of peace. Therefore if we would trust God, and go to God boldly; as who is there here now that will not have need of him? We have need of him continually: but sometimes more ⟨p. 152⟩than others; therefore I say, let us be acquainted with him, that we may after trust him. Those that have not the care to be acquainted with God, either they have not the heart to go to God, or if they have, they have but a cold answer: but indeed for the most part, they have no heart to go to God: for their hearts mis•give them, and tell them, they have been careless of God, they have neglected God, therefore God will not regard them, Go •o the gods ye have trusted, as it is, Judges 10.3 Answerable to our care (beloved) in the time of peace, will our comfort be when we are in trouble. Therefore I beseech you let us remember this as one means to strengthen our trust, our daily acquaintance with God: and acquaint our selves so with him, as to keep him our friend, not to offend him: for if we offend him, we shall not trust him. A galled conscience is afraid of God, as a sore eye is of light. A comfortable conscience is from a conscience to please God.4 This is our boldness and confidence, saith Paul, that we have laboured to keep a good conscience, that we may have him our friend.