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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
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.
And yet so obdurate are our hear•s; that we cannot endure one hours discourse of this great business. Christ was many hours in dying for •s, we cannot sit one hour to hear of it. O that we should find fault with heat or cold in harkning to these heavenly mysteries; when he endured for us such a […], such a sweat, such agony; that through his flesh and skin he sweat drops of blood. Doth he weep tears of gore-blood for us, and cannot we weep tears of water for our sel•es? […] how would we die for him, as he dyed […] we are w•ry of hearing, what he did fo• us▪
And yet so obdurate are our hear•s; that wee cannot endure one houres discourse of this great busines. Christ was many houres in dying for •s, we cannot sit one houre to heare of it. O that wee should find fault with heat or cold in harkning to these heauenly •isteries; when he endured for vs such a 〈…〉, such a sweat, such agonie; that through his flesh and skinne hee sweate drops of bloud. Doth hee weepe teares of gorebloud for vs, and cannot wee weepe teares of water for our sel•es? 〈…〉 how would wee die for him, as hee dyed 〈…〉 we are w•ry of hearing, what he did fo• vs▪
3. This should […] […] Christ delivered […] to death for ou• […], […] us from death, and […]. H […] destroy the devil, but to