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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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3. The breaking down of this veil did make the Holyest and the other part of the temple all one. Whereby was signified, that of two was made one, Jews and Gentiles one Church. gHe is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. So that now those, the Jews called dogs, eat the bread of the children; yea they are the children: and hJapheth is persuaded to dwell in the tents of Shem. She is also Beloved that was hated; even the Church of the Gentiles is the Spouse of Christ. The veil that hindered, Paul calls the iLaw of commandments, contained in ordinances: this he abolished for to make in himself, of twain, one new man. Heaven gate is no wider open to a Jew, then to a Grecian. kIn Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God: The Sum of the Gospel, as of the world, is not confined to lighten Judea only, but shines universally. There is not one privilege, wherein the Gentile hath not as frank a share, as the Jew: the sons of Hagar are adopted the sons of God; and the free lJerusalem above is the mother of us all. All this did our blessed Saviour work for us by renting the veil; mThat he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.
3. The breaking downe of this vaile did make the Holyest and the other part of the temple all one. Whereby was signified, that of two was made one, Iewes and Gentiles one Church. gHe is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken downe the middle wall of partition betweene vs. So that now those, the Iewes called dogges, eat the bread of the children; yea they are the children: and