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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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His Walking in love was strange and admirable: he took large steps; from heaven to earth, and from earth to heaven. As Bernard on that speech of the Church concerning her Beloved. dBehold! he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. He leaps from heaven to the Virgins womb, from the womb to a manger, from the manger to Egypt, from Egypt to Judah, from thence to the Temple, from the Temple up to the Cross, from the Cross down to the grave, from the grave up to the earth, and from the earth up to the highest glory. And he shall yet have another leap, from the right hand of his Father to judge quick and dead.
His Walking in loue was strange and admirable: hee tooke large steps; from heauen to earth, and from earth to heauen. As Bernard on that speech of the Church concerning her Beloued. dBehold! hee commeth leaping vpon the mountaines, skipping vpon the hils. He leaps from heauen to the Virgins wombe, from the wombe to a manger, from the manger to Egypt, from Egypt to Iudah, from thence to the Temple, from the Temple vp to the Crosse, from the Crosse downe to the graue, from the graue vp to the earth, and from the earth vp to the highest glory. And he shall yet haue another leap, from the right hand of his Father to iudge quicke and dead.
These were great jumps, & large paces of love. When he made but one stride from the clouds to the cradle, ⟨p. 147⟩and another from the Cradle to the cross, and a third from the cross to the crown. To come from the bosom of his immortal father, to the womb of his mortal mother, was a great step. From the lowest hell, or depth of his humiliation; to the highest heaven or top of his exaltation was a large pace.