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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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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 Habac. 2. 8. Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the […] of the people shall spoil thee and thou shalt be for booties unto them. Many a great fish in ⟨p. 258⟩the sea of this world, devours another: and instantly comes a greater, and devours him. As that xEmperor suffered his Officers to be like sponges, sucking up the goods of the commonalty: and being once full, he squeezed them into his own coffers. yPharaohs lean kine, that devoured the fat, were yet themselves never the fatter.
And to shew that God is not the giuer of this, hee powres a curse vpon it; that often they who thus desire most wealth shall not haue it: the world being to them like a froward woman, the more woed, the further off. uWoe to thee that spoylest, and wast not spoyled: when thou shalt cease to spoyle, thou shalt be spoiled. And Habac. 2. 8. Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the 〈…〉 of the people shall spoyle thee and thou shalt be for booties vnto them. Many a great fish in ⟨p. 258⟩the sea of this world, deuoures another: and instantly comes a greater, and deuoures him. As that xEmperor suffered his Officers to bee like spunges, sucking vp the goods of the comminaltie: and being once full, hee squeased them into his owne coffers.