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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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For this cause Riches are called Bona fortunae; the goods of fortune: not that they come by chance, but that it is a chance if ever they be good. sVaeac cumulanti non sua. And tWoe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house. We think the oppressors avarice evil only to the houses of the oppressed: but God saith, it is most evil to his own. Whether fraud or force bring in unjust gain, it is as a coal of fire put in the thatch of his house.
For this cause Riches are called Bona fortunae; the goods of fortune: not that they come by chance, but that it is a chance if euer they be good. sVaeac cumulanti non sua. And tWoe to him that coueteth an euill couetousnesse to his house. Wee thinke the oppressors auarice euill onely to the houses of the oppressed: but God sayth, it is most euill to his owne. Whether fraud or force bring in vniust gaine, it is as a coale of fire put in the thatch of his house.
- sHab. 2. 6.
- tVer. 9.
And to show that God is not the giver of this, he pours a curse upon it; that often they who thus desire most wealth shall not have it: the world being to them like a froward woman, the more wooed, the further off. uWoe to thee that spoilest, and wast not spoiled: when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled. And