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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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As the glory is clear for the Countenance, so it is long for the Continuance. Nullus erit defectus, nullus terminus. There shall be […] charity, chara •rnitas Gods eternal decree to choose v• in Christ had no beginning, but it shall have an end: when the elect are taken up to glory. The possession of this decreed Inheritance shall have a beginning, but no end pWe shall e•er be with the Lord. Gods mercy in both hath neither beginning nor end; for it is from everlasting to everlasting.
As the glorie is cleare for the Countenance, so it is long for the Continuance. Nullus erit defectus, nullus •erminus. There shall be 〈…〉 charit•, chara •rnitas Gods eternall decree to chuse v• in Christ had no beginning, but it shall haue an end: when the elect are taken vp to glory. The possession of this decreed Inheritance shall haue a beginning, but no end pWee shall e•er be with the Lord. Gods mercie in both hath neither beginning nor end; for it is from euerlasting to euerlasting.