A01956:1691
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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But let me say; gHath God care of fo•les and flowers, and will he not care for you, his own Image? Yea let me go further; Hath God care of the wicked? Doth he pour down the happy influences of heaven on the hunjust mans ground? And shall the faithful want his blessing? Doth he provide for the Sons of Belial, and shall his own children lack? He may give meat and raiment to the rest, but his bounty to Benjamin shall exceed. If M•b his Wash-pot taste of his benefits, then Judah the signet on his finger cannot be forgotten. The King governs all the Subjects in his Dominions, but his servants that wait in his Court, partake of his most Princely favours. God heals the sores of the very wicked: but if it be told him, iLord, he whom thou lovest, is sick […] enough, he shall be healed. The wicked may h• outward blessings without inward, and that is Esau's pottage without his Birth-right: but the elect have inward blessings though they want outward, and that is Jacobs inheritance without his pottage.
But let me say; gHath God care of fo•les and flowers, and will he not care for you, his owne Image? Yea let me goe further; Hath God care of the wicked? Doth he powre downe the happie influences of heauen on the hvniust mans ground? And shall the faithfull want his blessing? Doth hee prouide for the Sonnes of Beliall, and shall his owne children lacke? He may giue meate and rayment to the rest, but his bountie to Beniamin shall exceed. If M•b his Wash-pot tast of his benefites, then Iudah the signet on his finger cannot bee forgotten. The King gouernes all the Subiects in his Dominions, but his seruants that waite in his Court, partake of his most Princely fauours. God heales the sores of the very wicked: but if it be told him,