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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
LOVES COPY OR The best Precedent of Charity. › UsLOVES COPIE OR The best Precedent of Charitie. › Vs
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. We are loved our selves, therefore let us love. He that bids us love, loved us first tThis is my Commandment, that ye love one another. Why? As I loved you. Non aliud jussit, quam gessit: he chargeth us with nothing in precept, which he performed not in practise. Therefore Si tardi su•us ad •andum, non tardi simus ad redamandum. Though we have not been forward to love first, let us not be backward to return love. Dilecti diligite uIf God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ⟨p. 159⟩Magnes amoris amor: and the sole requital which God requires for his rich love, is our poor love; that only may love him, but have nothing to give him, that is not his.
1. We are loued our selues, therefore let vs loue. He that bids vs loue, loued vs first tThis is my Commandement, that yee loue one another. Why? As I loued you. Non aliud iussit, quam gessit: he chargeth vs with nothing in precept, which he performed not in practise. Therefore Si tardi su•us ad •andum, non tardi simus ad redamandum. Though we haue not beene forward to loue first, let vs not be backward to returne loue. Dilecti diligite uIf God so loued vs, we ought also to loue one another. ⟨p. 159⟩Magnes amoris amor: and the sole requitall which God requires for his rich loue, is our poore loue; that onely may loue him, but haue nothing to giue him, that is not his.