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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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Thus you see what these Angels are; now let us consider how many. An innumerable company. The original is Myriads. Myrias is ten thousand; innumerable: a finite number is put for an indefinite. eThousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. fI heard the voice of many Angels round about the Throne, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands. gGregory thinks there are so many Angels, as there are Elect. Super•a illa civitas ex Angelis et hominibus constat: ad quam tantum credimus humanum genus ascendere, ⟨p. 47⟩quantos illi• contigit electos Angelos remansisse. Ut scriptum est; statuit terminos Gentium juxta numerum Angelorum Dei. So many Angels, saith he, as fell from heaven, so many souls shall go up to heaven.
Thus you see what these Angels are; now let vs consider how many. An innumerable company. The originall is Myriades. Myrias is tenne thousand; innumerable: a finite number is put for an indefinite. eThousand thousands ministred vnto him, and tenne thousand times ten thousand stoode before him. fI heard the voice of many Angels round about the Throue, and the number of them vvas tenne thousand times tenne thousand, and thousands of thousands. gGregory thinks there are so many Angels, as there are Elect. Super•a illa ciuitas ex Angelis et hominibus constat: ad quam tantum credimus humanum genus ascendere, ⟨p. 47⟩quantos illi• contigit electos Angelos remansisse. Vt scriptum est; statuit terminos Gentium iuxta numerum Angelorum Dei. So many Angels, saith hee, as fell from heauen, so many soules shall goe vp to heauen.