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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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2. The whole Church is compared to a man: we have often read it compared to a body, here to a man. As in other places to a bBody, cuius Cap• est Christus; whose Head is Christ; so our Apostle here. ver. 16. speaketh of our growing to the Head which is Christ. So in this place to a Man, cuius anima est Christus, whose soule is Christ. Now the soul in the body increaseth not augmentatively, but secundum vigorem, transfusing into the body her virtual powers & operations more strongly. Christ is ever the same. Heb. 13. Jesus Christ yesterday, ⟨p. 23⟩2and to day, and the same for ever. In this soul there is no mutation; but the cbody increaseth with the increase of God. For as Christ increaseth the strength of his grace in us, so we grow to perfection.
2. The whole Church is compared to a man: we haue often read it compared to a body, here to a man. As in other places to a bBody, cuius Cap• est Christus; whose Head is Christ; so our Apostle here. ver. 16. speaketh of our growing to the Head which is Christ. So in this place to a Man, cuius anima est Christus, whose soule is Christ. Now the soule in the body encreaseth not augmentatiuely, but secundum vigorem, transfusing into the bodie her vertuall powers & operations more strongly. Christ is euer the same. Heb. 13. Iesus Christ yesterday, ⟨p. 23⟩2and to day, and the same for euer. In this soule there is no mutation; but the c