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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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IN the lowest depth of Christs humiliation, GOD never left him without some evident and eminent testimony of his divine power. He hangs here on the cross dying, yea dead; his enemies insulting over him, where is now his God? If he be able to save us, let him save himself. He bears not only the wrath of God, but even the reproach of men. Yet even now shall his Divinity appear, and break like a glorious Sun through these clouds of misery: he rents the veil, shakes the earth, breaks the stones, raiseth the dead.
IN the lowest depth of Christs humiliation, GOD neuer left him without some euident and eminent testimony of his diuine power. He hangs here on the crosse dying, yea dead; his enemies insulting ouer him, whereis now his God? If he be able to saue vs, let him saue himselfe. He beares not onely the wrath of God, but euen the reproch of men. Yet euen now shall his Diuinitie appeare, and breake like a glorious Sunne through these clouds of miserie: he rents the vaile, shakes the earth, breakes the stones, raiseth the dead.
These two verses stand gloriously adorned with four miracles.
These two verses stand gloriously adorned with foure myracles.
1. The veil of the Temple was rent in twain. You will say perhaps, the substance of it was not so strong, but ⟨p. 51⟩an easy force might rend it. But ver. 50. Christ was dead before, or dyed at that very instant. It was above nature, that a dying, yea a dead man, crucified in so remote a place from it, should rend the veil within the Temple.