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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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2. This persuades us to an imitation of Christs Constancy. Let the stableness of his mercy to us, work a stableness of our love to him. And howsoever like the lower Orbs, we have a natural motion of our own from good to evil: yet let us suffer the higher power to move us supernaturally from evil to good. There is in us indeed a reluctant flesh; aa Law in our members warring against the Law of our mind. So August. confesseth. bNec planè nolebam, nec planè volebam. And Eg• era• qui volebam, ego qui nolebam. I neither fully granted, nor plainly denied: and it was I my self, that both would, and would not. But our ripeness of Christianity must overgrow fluctuant thoughts.
2. This perswades vs to an imitation of Christs Constancie. Let the stablenes of his mercie to vs, worke a stablenes of our loue to him. And howsoeuer like the lower Orbes, we haue a naturall motion of our owne from good to euill: yet let vs suffer the higher power to moue vs supernaturally from euill to good. There is in vs indeed a reluctant flesh; aa Law in our members warring against the Law of our minde. So August. confesseth. bNec planè nolebam, nec planè volebam. And Eg• era• qui volebam, ego qui nolebam. I neither fully granted, nor plainely denied: and it was I my selfe, that both would, and would not. But our ripenesse of Christianitie must ouergrow fluctuant thoughts.
- aRom. 7. 23.
- bConfess. lib. 8. cap. 10.Confes. lib. 8. cap. 10.