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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.
Let a man be never such a scholar, of never so great parts, when he comes to any shift, if he have not grace in him, he will disdain out of pride of spirit (as every man naturally is deeply proud) to rely upon conscience, and upon the truth and promises of the word, and upon such terms; these be weak things; no, he will stir•e Hell rather, and Earth, and all means; he accounts it greatness that he can do so. It is only the holy man that will •leave fast to God, and to his truth and word; for he relisheth it: the Spirit that penned the Scriptures, and the promises, it rules in his heart, and therefore he relisheth them: Oh these promises are sweet! And as he can trust the promises, so he can trust God, because (as I said before) he is acquainted with him. Where there is not a gracious heart, there will never be a believing trusting heart.
Let a man be never such a scholler, of never so great parts, when hee comes to any shift, if hee have not grace in him, he will disd•ine out of pride of spirit (as every man naturally is deepely proud) to relye upon conscience, and upon the truth and promises of the word, and upon such termes; these be weake things; no, he will stir•e Hell rather, and Earth, and all meanes; he accounts it greatnesse that he can doe so. It is only the holy man that will •leave fast to God, and to his truth and word; for he relisheth it: the Spirit that penned the Scriptures, and the promises, it rules in his heart, and therefore he relisheth them: Oh these promises are sweet! And as he can trust the promises, so he can trust God, because (as I said before) he is acquainted with him. Where there is not a gracious heart, there will never be a beleeving trusting heart.
There is in God infiniteness of ways of supply,6