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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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Unity is the badge of Christianity: we are all the members of one body. dThe eye cannot say to the hands, ⟨p. 88⟩I have no need of you, &c. We are all stones of one building, therefore must not jar one with another, least we ruin the whole house. Christ saith, that a kingdom divided cannot stand. The Soldiers would not divide the unseamed coat of Christ: far be it from us to rent his body. There are three grounds of love; virtue, pleasure, profit. Virtue all consent to be the surest and best. That then which is grounded on the best virtue, is the best unity: and this is Faith. Love issuing from Faith is a bond able to tie God to man, man to God: and therefore man to man. This knot is tied so fast, that the powers of hell cannot undo it. All other unities, but the Communion of Saints may be broken.
Vnitie is the badge of Christianitie: wee are all the members of one bodie. dThe eye cannot say to the hands, ⟨p. 88⟩I haue no need of you, &c. We are all stones of one building, therefore must not iarre one with another, least we ruine the whole house. Christ sayth, that a kingdome diuided cannot stand. The Souldiours would not diuide the vnseamed coate of Christ: farre bee it from vs to rent his bodie. There are three grounds of loue; vertue, pleasure, profite. Vertue all consent to be the surest and best. That then which is grounded on the best vertue, is the best vnitie: and this is Faith. Loue issuing from Faith is a bond able to tie God to man, man to God: and therefore man to man. This knot is tyed so fast, that the powers of hell cannot vndoe it. All other vnities, but the Communion of Saints may be broken.