A01956:1634
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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3 We must not return back to Herod. Why not to Herod? He was a fit type of the Devil: and they that are recovered and escaped from him, should not fall back into his clutches. The Devil is like Herod, both for his subtlety and cruelty. The Herods were all dissemblers, all cruel. There was Herod Ascalonita, Herod Antipas, and Herod Agrippa: all cruel in the butchering of Gods Saints. Ascalonita necat pueros, Antipa Johannem, Agrippa Jacobum, mittitque in carcere Petrum. ⟨p. 224⟩Ascalonite makes an earnest show of zeal to Christ: but he desired not subijcerese Christ•, sedsib• Christum: not to become subject to Christ, but to make Christ the sub ject of his fury. Antipas seemed to love John the Baptist, but he suffers a dancing foot to kick off his head. The cruelty of the other Herod was monstrous. He slew all those whom he could suspect to issue from the line of David: all the Infants of Bethlehem under two years old, at one slaughter. He slew his kindred, his sister, his wife, his son. He cut the throats of 1many noble Jews, whiles he lay on his death bed. Yea made it in his will, that so soon as ever the breath was out of his body, all the sons of the nobler Jews shut up into a safe place, should be instantly slain to bear him company. By this means he resolved, that some should lament his death, which otherwise would have bin the cause of great joy. A wretched Testament, and fit for such a devil to make.
3 We must not returne backe to Herod. Why not to Herod? He was a fit type of the Deuill: and they that are recouered and escaped from him, should not fall backe into his clutches. The Deuill is like Herod, both for his subtletie and crueltie. The Herods were all dissemblers, all cruell. There was Herod Ascalonita, Herod Antipas, and Herod Agrippa: all cruell in the butchering of Gods Saints. Ascalonita necat pueros, Antipa Iohannem, Agrippa Iacobum, mittitque in carcere Petrum. ⟨p. 224⟩Ascalonite makes an earnest shew of zeale to Christ: but he desired not subijcerese Christ•, sedsib• Christum: not to become subiect to Christ, but to make Christ the sub iect of his furie. Antipas seemed to loue Iohn the Baptist, but he suffers a dancing foote to kicke off his head. The crueltie of the other Herod was monstrous. He slew all those whom hee could suspect to issue from the line of Dauid: all the Infants of Bethlem vnder two yeares old, at one slaughter. Hee slew his kinred, his sister, his wife, his sonne. Hee cut the throates of