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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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You can easily apply it. God of his gracious favour, not for our deserts, gives man his creature a glorious City: even that whose ofoundations are of Jasper, Sapphire ⟨p. 141⟩and Emerald &c. He doth more, directs him the way to it; Go on this way, Walk in love. He begins to travel, and comes within the sight of heaven: but by the way he spies worldlings toiling in the earth and scraping together white and red clay; silver and gold, the riches of this world. Hereof desirous, he is not suffered to partake, except he also partake of their covetousness, and corrupt fashions. Now Mammon sets him on work, to xdig out his own damnation: where after a while this gay earth comes tumbling so fast upon him, that his feet be maimed, his affections to heaven lost: and he dyes short of that glorious City, which the king of heaven purchased with his own blood, and gave him. Think of this, ye worldlings; and seeing you know what it is to be charitable, put your feet in this way; Walk in Love.
You can easily apply it. God of his gracious fauour, not for our deserts, giues man his creature a glorious Citie: euen that whose ofoundations are of Iasper, Saphyre ⟨p. 141⟩and Emerald &c. He doth more, directes him the way to it; Goe on this way, Walke in loue. He begins to trauell, and comes within the sight of heauen: but by the way he spies worldlings toyling in the earth and scraping together white and red clay; siluer and gold, the riches of this world. Hereof desirous, he is not suffered to partake, except hee also partake of their couetousnes, and corrupt fashions. Now Mammon sets him on worke, to xdigge out his owne damnation: where after a while this gay earth comes tumbling fo fast vpon him, that his feet be maimed, his affections to heauen lost: and he dyes short of that glorious Citie, which the king of heauen purchased with his owne bloud, and gaue him. Thinke of this, ye worldlings; and seeing you know what it is to be charitable, put your feet in this way; Walke in Loue.