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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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1. Let it be granted, that we have all wandered from the way of life. nAll we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way. I would to God, every one would sentire, feel this in particular; and not only consentire, consent to it in general. oI am not come to call the righteous, saith Christ, but sinners to repentance. And Luke 15. he leaves the hypocritical […] to their own high-conceited purity, and seeks the lost sheep. We may here pause, and wonder, at our misery, at his mercy. We were so lost, that we could never find him: •e is so good, that he sought and found us Inuenit non quaerentes, non p•rdet inue•s. He found v• not seeking him, being found he will not loose us. pCome to me all that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. The proud sinner who doth not find his sin; the careless, who doth not feel his sin; is not called. Only sentsentibus morbum promittitur medicina. Health is promised to those that feel their sickness.
1. Let it be granted, that we haue all wandred from the way of life. nAll we like sheepe haue gone astray, wee haue turned euery one to his owne way. I would to God, euery one would sentire, feele this in particular; and not onely consentire, consent to it in generall. oI am not come to call the righteous, sayth Christ, but sinners to repentance. And Luke 15. he leaues the hypocriticall 〈…〉 to their owne high-conceited puritie, and seekes the lost sheepe. We may here pawse, and wonder, at our misery, at his mercie. Wee were so lost, that wee could neuer find him: e is so good, that he sought and found vs Inuenit non quaerentes, non prdet inues. He found v not seeking him, being found he will not loose vs.