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The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ…The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ…
The happiness of the church, or, A description of those spiritual prerogatives wherewith Christ hath endowed her considered in some contemplations upon part of the 12. chapter of the Hebrews : together with certain other meditations and discourses upon other portions of Holy Scriptures, the titles whereof immediately precede the book : being the sum of diverse sermons preached in S. Gregory's London / by Thomas Adams ...The happines of the church, or, A description of those spirituall prerogatiues vvherewith Christ hath endowed her considered in some contemplations vpon part of the 12. chapter of the Hebrewes : together with certain other meditations and discourses vpon other portions of Holy Scriptures, the titles wherof immediately precede the booke : being the summe of diuerse sermons preached in S. Gregories London / by Thomas Adams ...
London: printed by G.P. for John Grismand, 1619London: printed by G.P. for Iohn Grismand, 1619
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and two to cover their feet, because we are not able to behold them in their excellency.
and two to couer their feet, because wee are not able to behold them in their excellency.
2. Their knowledge. Austin says, They are taught of God, in the eternal contemplation of whose truth, they are most blessed. Quomodo quae scienda sunt nesciant, qui scientem omnia sciunt? How should they be ignorant of such 1things as are fit to be known, that know him that knows all? Their knowledge is three-fold; Natural, Experimental, and Revealed. 1. Natural, received of God in their creation, endued with an extraordinary light above man. 2. Revealed, as God according to process of time hath manifested to them. God revealed things to the Angels, they to the Prophets. 3. Experimental, which they have acquired by observation: they mark Gods doings. For ⟨p. 38⟩it is certain, the Angels did not know all things from the beginning, which they know now. They knew not perfectly the manner of mans redemption. That mystery from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God: and is uNow made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places. Great is the mystery of godliness; God is manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, xseen of Angels. Res mira Angelis, quanta hominibus! A matter worthy the wonder of Angels, much more of men.
2. Their knowledge. Austin sayes, They are taught of God, in the eternal contemplation of whose truth, they are most blessed. Quomodo quae scienda sunt nesciant, qui scientem omnia sciunt? How should they bee ignorant of such