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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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Christ then, who is the mPrince of Peace, causeth not quarrels between man and man, as they are creatures; but betwixt goodness and evil, as they are contrary natures. That the sons of Belial hate the sons of God, Christ is not the cause, but the occasion. For when the Gospel separates us from the world, the world then bends his malicious forces against us. So that Peace in sin. Ver. 51. Christ came not to send; but Peace of conscience. Phil. 4. The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, &c. Which because the wicked 2will not embrace, therefore nFive in one house shall be divided: the Father against the Son, and the S•nne against ⟨p. 93⟩the Father, &c. The Gospel doth not otherwise work this division, then the Law is said to omake sin; because it made sin known. Or the Sun is said to cause moths, because it causeth their appearance. Let Paul continue a Pharisee, and the Pharisees will love him: convert he to a Christian, and they will hate him. Whiles we live after the world, we have peace with the world, none with God: when we are turned to Christ, we have peace with God, none with the world.
Christ then, who is the mPrince of Peace, causeth not quarrels betweene man and man, as they are creatures; but betwixt goodnesse and euill, as they are contrarie natures. That the sonnes of Beliall hate the sonnes of God, Christ is not the cause, but the occasion. For when the Gospell separates vs from the world, the world then bends his malicious forces against vs. So that Peace in sinne. Ver. 51. Christ came not to send; but Peace of conscience. Phil. 4. The peace of God, which passeth all vnderstanding, &c. Which because the wicked