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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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5. Seeing the fuel is our integrity; and this they specially strike at; let us more constantly hold together: confirming the Communion of Saints, which they would dissolve. Let us more strongly fortify our unity, because they so fiercely assault it: and cling faithfully to our Head, from whom their sacrilegious hands would pull us, xLord, whether shall we go from thee? thou hast the words of eternal life. Where those words are found, woe be to us if we are not found. Multitudo inimicorum corroboret unitatem a micorum. Let not brethren fight with themselves, whiles they have enough foreign enemies. It is enough that foes strike us; let not us strike our friends. No nor yet part with our friends and Christs, because some adversaries are scattered among them. What though the miscellane rabble of the profane: as the Brownists term them, be admitted among us: shall the lewdness of these disannul Gods Covenant with his? Yes say they: this is their mercy: Gods is more. He still held Israel for his, when not many in Israel held him for theirs. The desert was a witness of their mutinous rebellion against 2God and his Minister; yet the pillar of protection by day and night left them not. Moses was so far from rejecting them, that he would not endure that God ⟨p. 109⟩should reject them, though for his own advantage. In all companies there will be evil intruders: Satan among the Angels, Saul among the Prophets, Judas among the Apostles, Nicholas among the Deacons, Demas among Professors. Yet though Thiatira retains a Jezebel, the good are commanded but yto hold their own.
5. Seeing the fewell is our integritie; and this they specially strike at; let vs more constantly hold together: confirming the Communion of Saints, which they would dissolue. Let vs more strongly fortifie our vnitie, because they so fiercely assault it: and cling faithfully to our Head, from whom their sacrilegious hands would pull vs, xLord, whether shall we goe from thee? thou hast the words of eternall life. Where those words are found, woe be to vs if we are not found. Multitudo inimicorum corroboret vnitatem a micorum. Let not brethren fight with themselues, whiles they haue enough forraine enemies. It is enough that foes strike vs; let not vs strike our friends. No nor yet part with our friends and Christs, because some aduersaries are scattered among them. What though the miscellane rabble of the prophane: as the Brownists terme them, be admitted among vs: shall the lewdnes of these disanull Gods Couenant with his? Yes say they: this is their mercie: Gods is more. Hee still held Israel for his, when not many in Israel held him for theirs. The desert was a witnesse of their mutinous rebellion against