Sibbes - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.S5 B6 1641

----------~~----~~---- .AudmyBelorvedis mine. 411 that loveth ; for loue frameth the foule to the SEtt ~XJX• likendfe.ofrheparry loved, I am his, I rcfemble That lov~ fta- . . h . r. 1 c h' I ,merb the rauic htm, I .am.l1ls, I . avegtven my 1e .~e tO · tm, t 9 the Ukenejfe . carry hts p1Cture and r~femblanee mmy f0ule; of r"eparty for they are words of muruall conformity I lo'IJei/. Chrift out of love became like me in all things, wherein I am not like the Devill (that is fiane excepted) if he became like me, taking myna– ture that I might be neare him in the fellowfhip . ofgrace,My Belo'flui u mine.) wil be as like him ' a§ poH'l.ble I.can, I am his, every Chrifii.an car– ries a character of Chrifts difpofition as farre as weakneffe will fuffer, you may know Chrifi in every Chrifiian ; for as the Kings coyne carries the fiamp of the King, Cefors coyhe beares C.tfors fuperfcription~ So every Chri- / ftian foule is Gods coyne, and hee fets his owne fiamp upo_n it; if we be Chrifts , there is amutoal1 conformitie betwixt him and us. Now where you fee a malicious, uncleant, world1yfpirit) know that is aClamp o£ the_de.v.iJJ none of Chrifl:s, he that bath not the' Spirit of God is none of his, now where ,he Spirit of · Chtifi is, it fiamps Chrifis likendfe upon the foule;therefore weare cxhorted,Phil.2..5 1 tobe like minded to Chrifi~ A · h r d l J J MutuaUcareojj gatne, t · e1e wor s, I ttmmy Be lveas A,namy oneanotbers Belo.vedis mine., imply amutuall care that Chrifi goo/. and the foul have'one ofthe good of another.,of . ~ach others honour and reputation, 2s Chrifi . . hatha care ofour good : fo a Chrifiian foule(jf it can fay with truth and lincerity I am Chrifl:s) E e 3 it ·

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