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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
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The same. There is no mutability in Christ: hno variableness, nor shadow of turning. All lower lights have their inconstancy; but in the Father of lights there is no changeableness. The Sun hath his shadow; the the iSon of righteousness is without shadow: that turns upon the Dial, but Christ hath no turning. kWhom he loves, he loves to the end. He loves us to the end; of his love there is no end. Tempus crit consummandi, nullus consumendi misericordiam. His mercy shall be perfected in us, never ended. lIn a little wrath I hid my face from thee, for a moment: but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy upon thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. His wrath is short, his goodness is everlasting. mThe mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed: but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, that hath mercy on thee. The mountains are stable things, the hills steadfast: yet hills, mountains, yea the whole earth shall totter on the foundations; yea the very nheavens shall pass away with a noise, and the elements shall melt with heat; but the Covenant of God shall not be broken. oI will betroth thee unto me for ever; saith God. This marriage-bond shall never be cancelled; nor sin, nor death, nor hell shall be able to divorce us. Six & twenty times in one p