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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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The incantations of this world are as often sung to us, as those charms to the Serpents: but we are not so wise as Serpents to avoid them. Sometimes a Siren sings us the charms of lust; and thus a weak woman overcomes him that overcame the strong Lyon.
The incantations of this world are as often sung to vs, as those charmes to the Serpents: but we are not so wise as Serpents to avoyd them. Sometimes a Siren sings vs the charmes of lust; and thus a weake woman overcomes him that overcame the strong Lyon.
Lenam non potuit, potuit superare Leaenam. Quem fera non valuit vincere, vicit hera. Says the Epigrammatist. nHe goeth after her straight way: though oher house• the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. Sometimes Satan comes to us like a gold-finch, and whistles us a note of usury, to the tune of ten in the hundred; we are caught presently, and fall a dancing after his pipe. Sometimes like Alecto, he charms us a Madrigal of revenge for private wrongs: instantly we are caught with malice, destruction sits in our looks. Not seldom he comes to a man with a drunken carol (lay thy penny to mine, and we will to the wine) he is taken suddenly; he runs to it though he reels from it. He sings the slothful a Dormi securè and he will sleep, though his pdamnation sleepeth not. Yea there are not wanting, that let him sing a song of blasphemy, they will swear with him. Let him begin to rail, they will libel with him. Let his incantation be treason, and they will answer him in gunpowder. Yea let him charm with a Charm, a ⟨p. 192⟩witless, senseless sorcery; and if a tooth aches, or a hog groans, they will admit it, admire it. Of such folly the very serpents shall condemn us.