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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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Is the treasure it holds. This cannot be properly understood of this mortal life: though the sense may also stand good with such an interpretation. bFor by me, saith Wisdom, thy days shall be […]: and the years of thy life shall be increased. Wisdom is the mother of abstinence, and abstinence the Nurse of health. Whereas voluptuousness and Intemperance, (as th• French Proverb hath it) Digs the own g•e with the teeth.
Is the treasure it holds. This cannot be properly vnderstood of this mortall life: though the sense may also stand good with such an interpretation. bFor by me, sayth Wisedome, thy dayes shall be 〈…〉: and the yeares of thy life shall be increased. Wisedome is the mother of abstinence, and abstinence the Nurse of health. Whereas voluptuousnesse and Intemperance, (as th• French Prouerbe hath it) Digges the owne g•e with the teeth.
But all a mans Wisdom cannot keep him still alive. cThe wise man dyeth, as the fool, saith Solomon. And the Father of Solomon excludes it from having power to keep a man. dThat he should live still for e•r, and not see •rruption. Meushalem lived nine hundred sixty and nine years; yet he was the Son of Ech, who was the son of ared, who was the son of […], who was the son of Cainan, who was the son of […], who was the son of Seth, who was the son of A, who was the son of dust. The best constitutions, that communicate in the sanguine of the Rose, and Snow of the Lilly, have this parentage; they are the sons and daughters of dust.