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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. In hi• Life: he sanctified […] when he was maintained […], having no garment to put on; and the good women kept him by their contributions. He was glad to borrow an Ass colt, when he was to ride: and to angle for money in the sea, when he paid tribute. And ([…] if he wanted a bed) to complain; uTh• Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests: but the Son of […] hath not wh•re to rest his head. He sanctified Riches, when he called aZaccheus a wealthy usurer, and raised bLazarus a wealthy citizen, had his cS•d which gave alms to the distressed, and bo• his p•se. And like a Prince, feasted thousands at one banquet.
2. In hi• Life: hee sanctified 〈…〉 when hee was maintained 〈…〉, hauing no garment to put on; and the good women kept him by their contributions. Hee was glad to borrow an Asse colt, when he was to ride: and to angle for mon•y in the sea, when he payd tribute. And (〈…〉 if he wanted a bed) to complaine; uTh• Foxes haue holes, and the birds of the aire haue nests: but the Sonne of 〈…〉 hath not wh•re to rest his head. Hee sanctified Riches, when hee called a