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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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1. In correcting our errors, directing and amending our lives. Non minima pars dilectionis est, reprehendere dilect•m, It is no small part of kindness, to reprove him thou lovest. Therefore God saith; Th• shalt reprove thy brother; and not hate him in thy heart. A loving man will chide his erring friend: and he that does not, hates him in his heart. rSic vigilet tolerantia, ut non dormiat disciplina. So let patience watch, that discipline sleep not. This was Davids desire. sLet the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove •e, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head. Our Saviour took this course, but he was pitiful in it: not tbreaking the bruised re•d, nor quenching the smoking flax. He was not transported with passion, but moved with tender compassion, and merciful affection. uHe was moved with compassion toward the people, seeing them as sheep without a shepherd. xAs a Father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. And children are Vicera parentum, saith aJerome: the very bowels of the parents. Therefore his bowels earned within him, when he saw the weakly blind led by the wilfully blind, and he instructed them. It is no small mercy in a Father, to correct his erring child.
1. In correcting our errours, dir•cting and amending our liues. Non minima pars dilectionis est, reprehendere dilect•m, It is no small part of kindnesse, to reproue him thou louest. Therefore God sayth; Th• shalt reproue thy brother; and not hate him in thy heart. A louing man will chide his erring friend: and he that does not, hates him in his heart.