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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.
5And let us labour to have a spirit of sanctification, to have our souls more and more renewed to trust in God, or else all other courses are nothing: for when it comes to particulars, if the soul be not sanctified, there is no correspondency and harmony between it and God. How can an unsanctified soul close with a holy God? Therefore we must labour to be good, and to do good, as the Apostle Peter saith, To commit our souls to God in doing good. Let us labour to be good, to get grace, and then there will be a harmony, a connaturalness between a holy God, and a holy soul, and then we shall trust, and rely ⟨p. 155⟩upon him easily. Where there is not grace in the heart subduing corruptions, when it comes to particulars, whether to trust in God, or man; then the soul will rebel and scorn (as it were) trusting in God: i• will go to wits, to friends, to favours, and other helps.
5And let us labour to have a spirit of sanctification, to have our soules more and more renewed to trust in God, or else all other courses are nothing: for when it comes to particulars, if the soule be not san•tified, there is no correspondencie and harmony betweene it and God. How can an unsanctified soule close with a holy God? Therefore we must labour to be good, and to do good, as the Apostle Peter saith, To commit our soules to God in doing good. Let us labour to bee good, to get grace, and then there will be a harmony, a connaturalnesse betweene a holy God, and a holy soule, and then we shall trust, and rely ⟨p. 155⟩upon him easily. Where there is not grace in the heart subduing corruptions, when it comes to particulars, whether to trust in God, or man; then the soule will rebell and scorne (as it were) trusting in God: i• will go to wits, to friends, to favours, and other helpes.
- 5Get sanctification.