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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
A CRUCIFIX OR A Sermon upon the Passion. › Whom?A CRVCIFIXE OR A Sermon vpon the Passion. › Whom?
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.
2. Himself only; and that without a Partner Comforter.
2. Himselfe onely; and that without a Partner Comforter.
1. Without a Partner, that might share either his glory, or our thanks: of both which he is justly jealous. Christi passio adiutore non eguit. The sufferings of our 1Saviour need no help. Upon good cause therefore we abhor that doctrine of the Papists: that our offences are expiated by the passions of the Saints. No, not the blessed Virgin hath performed any part of our justification, payed any farthing of our debts. So sings the Quire of Rome. Sancta virgo Dorothea, tua nos virtute bea, cor in nobis novum crea. Wherein there is pretty rime, petty reason, but great blasphemy: as if the Virgin Dorothy were able to create a new heart within us. No; hbut the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. His blood, and his only. O blessed Saviour, every drop of thy blood is able to redeem a believing world. What then need we the help of men? How is Christ a perfect Saviour, if any act of our redemption be left to the performance of Saint or Angel? No, our souls must die, if the blood ⟨p. 174⟩of Jesus cannot save them. And whatsoever witty error may dispute for the merits of Saints; the distressed conscience cries, Christ, and none but Christ. They may sit at Tables and discourse, enter the Schools and argue, get up into the Pulpits and preach; that the works of good men is the Churches treasure, given by indulgence, and can give indulgence; and that they will do the soul good. But lie we upon our deathbeds, panting for breath, driven to the push, tossed with tumultuous waves of afflictions, anguished with sorrow of spirit; then we sing another song: Christ & Christ alone: Jesus and only Jesus: Mercy, mercy: pardon, comfort for our Saviours sake.