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Englands sickness, comparatively conferred with Israels Divided into two sermons, by ThoEnglands sicknes, comparatively conferred with Israels Diuided into two sermons, by Tho
Englands sickness, comparatively conferred with Israels Divided into two sermons, by Tho: Adams.Englands sicknes, comparatively conferred with Israels Diuided into two sermons, by Tho: Adams.
London: printed by E for John Budge, 1615London: printed by E for Iohn Budge, 1615
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Shall the blood and death of Christ put sense into rocks and stones, and shall man tread it under his desperate feet, enervate his cross•, annihilate his ransom, and die past hope? did he raise three dead men to life, one newly departed, an other on the Bear, a third swelling, in the grave: to manifest that no degree of death is so desperate, that it is past his recovery? And shall these men; as iff twice, dead and pulled up by the routes, deny to the grace and glory of God, a possibility of their reviving? [Greek or Hebrew], God (and the unfeigned repentance of their own hearts) forbid it.
Shall the bloud and death of Christ put sense into rockes and stones, and shall man tread it vnder his desperate feet, eneruate his cross•, annihilate his ransome, and die past hope? did he raise three dead men to life, one newly departed, an other on the Beare, a third swelling, in the graue: to manifest that no dgree of death is so desperate, that it is past his recouery? And shall these men; as iff twice, dead and pulled vp by the routes, deny to the grace and glory of God, a possibility of their reuiuing? 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, God (and the vnfained repentance of their owne hearts) forbidde it.
3 Thus we have heard the malignancy of spiritual sicknesses, whether in sin, or for sin. Now let us take a short consideration, how far spiritual sicknesses, are more dangerous then corporal.