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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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Homo qui habet se, habet totum inse; said the Philosopher. He that hath himself, hath all in himselfe. But ille habet se, qui habet Christum, & ille habet Christum, qui habet fidem. He hath himself that hath Christ, and he hath Christ that hath faith. Whatsoever you loose, loose not this: though you loose your loves, though you loose your lives▪ keep the faith. gI will trust in thee, though thou kill me, saith Job. hI have kept the faith, saith Paul; though iI bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. If insatiate death be let alone, to cut us into pieces with the sword, to grind us into the maws of beasts, to burn us in the fire to ashes: yet so long as our head Christ is safe, he hath the Serpents attractive power to draw us to him. kFather, I will that they whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am. The more we are cut off, the more we are united: death, whiles it strives to take us from him, sends us to him. Keep faith in the Head. With what mind soever Seneca wrote it, I know to good use I may speak it. Malo mihi successum deesse, quam-fidem. I rather want success, then faith. Fidem qui perdidit, nil habet ultra quod perdat. He that hath lost his faith, hath nothing else to loose. But it is the Lord, that preserves the head. lO God the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my •ead in the day of battle.
Homo qui habet se, habet totum inse; said the Philosopher. He that hath himselfe, hath all in himselfe. But ille habet se, qui habet Christum, & ille habet Christum, qui habet fidem. He hath himselfe that hath Christ, and he hath Christ that hath faith. Whatsoeuer you loose, loose not this: though you loose your loues, though you loose your liues▪ keepe the faith. gI will trust in thee, though thou kill me, saith Iob.