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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
PRESUMPTION running into DESPAIR. › For WhatPRESVMPTION running into DESPAIRE. › For What
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Now in contempt of law and Gospel, honesty, and conscience, earth and heaven; they call to pride, ambition, blasphemy, ebriety, luxury, oppression, Fall on us and cover us; wearing pride as a chain, and covering themselves with cruelty as with a garment. Si• lies at the door, 1and they have no sense to take it up. The devil puts his shoulders under the weight, and thus supported they feel it not. But when Gods justice shall reprove them, and set their sins in order before their […]; yea impose 2them on their weak and yielding consciences; how different will their cry be▪ […] f•ll […], •ockes cover us. The swearer saying to these heavy creatures, you are lighter then my oaths▪ the •uetous, you are not so ponderous as my oppressions, the adulterer, the whole earth is a gentle pressure •o the burden of my lusts.
Now in contempt of law and Gospell, honestie, and conscience, earth and heauen; they call to pride, ambition, blasphemie, ebrietie, luxurie, oppression, Fall on vs and couer vs; wearing pride as a chaine, and couering themselues with crueltie as with a garment. Si• lyes at the dore, 1and they haue no sense to take it vp. The deuill puts his shoulders vnder the waight, and thus supported they feele it not. But when Gods iustice shall reproue them, and set their sinnes in order before their 〈…〉; yea impose 2them on their weake and yeelding consciences; howe different will their cry be▪ 〈…〉 f•ll , ockes couer vs. The swearer saying to these heauie creatures, you are lighter then my oathes the uetous, you are not so ponderous as my oppressions, the adulterer, the whole earth is a gentle pressure o the burden of my lustes.