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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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4. In all members. Look on that blessed Body conceived by the Holy Ghost, and borne of a pure Virgin: it is all over scourged, martyred, tortured, manacled, mangled. What place can you find free? Caput Angelic• 1spiritibus tremebundum densitat• spinarum pungitur: facies pulchrapr• filijs hominum Jud•orum sp•t is det•rpatur: Oculi […] sole in […] caligantur &c. To ⟨p. 183⟩begin at his head: that head which the Angels reverence is crowned with thorns. That face, which is bfairer them the sons of men, must be odiously spit on by the filthy Jews. His hands that made the heavens, are extended & fastened to a cross. The feet which tread upon the necks of his and our enemies, feel the like smart. And the mouth must be buffe•ed, which cspake as never man spake.
4. In all members. Looke on that blessed Body conceiued by the Holy Ghost, and borne of a pure Virgin: it is all ouer scourged, martyred, tortured, manacled, mangled. What place can you find free? Caput Angelic• 1spiritibus tremebundum densitat• spinarum pungitur: facies pulchrapr• filijs hominum Iud•orum sp•t is det•rpatur: Oculi 〈…〉 sole in 〈…〉 caligantur &c. To