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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. Miracle.
3. Myracle.
The rocks rent. A wonderful act, to break stones and rend rocks. This gives us two observations.
The rockes rent. A wonderfull act, to breake stones and rend rockes. This giues vs two obseruations.
1. This did foresignifie the power and efficacy of the Gospel, that it should be able to break the very rocks. As the death and passion of Christ did cleave those solid ⟨p. 63⟩and almost impenetrable substances: so the publishing of his death and passion shall rend and break in pieces the rocky hearts of men. So John Baptist said; oGod is able of stones to raise up children unto Abraham. The hearts of Zaccheus, Mary Magdalene, Paul, were such rocks; yet they were cleft with the wedge of the Gospel. This is that Rod of Moses, able to break the hardest Rocks; till they gush out with floods of penitent tears. This is Jeremies hammer, powerful to bruise the most obdurate hearts. The blood of the Goat sacrificed, of force to dissolve Adamant. There is power in the blood of Jesus, to put sense into stones. Blessed are you, if you be thus broken-hearted for him, whose heart was broken for you. For pthe broken heart the Lord will not despise.
1. This did foresignifie the power and efficacie of the Gospell, that it should bee able to breake the very rockes. As the death and passion of Christ did cleaue those solid