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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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1. Riches and honour are God• gifts, therefore i• themselves not evill. Sunt Dei […], •rgo i• see bona. Saith Augustine▪ sNe p•tentur •a, […] & […] b•na, […] & bliss. That they may not be thought evil, they are given to good men: that they may not be thought the best good, they are given also to evil men. A rich man may be a good man, and a poor man may be wicked. Christ sanctified […] as well as […]; and that in his […] Life Death.
1. Riches and honour are God• gifts, therefore i• themselues not euill. Sunt Dei 〈…〉, •rgo i• se bona. Saith Augustine▪ sNe p•tentur •a, 〈…〉 & 〈…〉 b•na, 〈…〉 & •lis. That they may not be thought euill, they are giuen to good men: that they may not be thought the best good, they are giuen also to euill men. A rich man may be a good man, and a poore man may be wicked. Christ sanctified 〈…〉 as well as 〈…〉; and that in his 〈…〉 Life Death.