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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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Sometimes by his instruments, which are many thousands: for if we compare numbers: he hath more helpers on earth to kindle this fire, then Christ hath servants to put it out. Therefore he is called the God of this 1world: where sub nomine mundi are meant mundani, worldlings. Reu. 12. He is said to deceive the whole world. 2He labours to deceive all that are in the world, but he doth deceive all that are of the world. It was he that stirred up covetousness in the Sabeans, and covetousness stirred up their harts against Job. He incenseth Haman, and Haman Ahashueroch against the Jews. He provoked Judas, & almost all Judah against Jesus. He kindleth malice in their harts that kindle these damnable fires: & shall burn in unquenchable fire for his labour. It is he that provoketh the Magistrate to tyranny, the people to disobedience & treachery, the learned to heresy, the simple to security, all to rebellion and impiety. Men little think, whose instruments they are, & whose business they go about, when they put their finger in this fire. It is the devil, that puts slander in their tongues, malice in their hearts, & mischief in their hands: whereby ⟨p. 113⟩they labour either seducer or abducere, to corrupt mens souls, or to cut their throats. For Satan's whole intent is to draw men a cultu Dei debito, ad cultu• suimet indebitum; from worshipping the God of light, to worship 3him that is an Angel of darkness. Oh that men would consider what eternal fire is prepared for them, by whom this mystical fire is kindled!
Sometimes by his instrumentes, which are many thousands: for if we compare numbers: he hath more helpers on earth to kindle this fire, then Christ hath servants to put it out. Therfore he is called the God of this 1world: where sub nomine mundi are meant mundani, worldlings.