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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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Until he hath thrown abroad all with a fork, which his father got together with a rake aThe lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravine. But I will be against thee, saith the Lord: and the sword shall devour thy young Lyons. The father plays the Lyon for his whelps, oppresseth and consumeth the poor: but his young Lyons, which he so provides for, shall be destroyed. Non habet eventus sordida praeda bonos.2
Vntill he hath throwne abroad all with a forke, which his father got together with a rake aThe lion did teare in pieces enough for his whelpes, and filled his holes with prey, and his denns with rauine. But I will bee against thee, sayth the Lord: and the sword shall deuour thy young Lyons. The father playes the Lyon for his whelps, oppresseth and consumeth the poore: but his young Lyons, which he so prouides for, shall be destroyed. Non habet euentus sordida praeda bonos.2
- aNahu. 2. 12.
- 2Ov. Amor.
We have seen huge hills of wealth, like mountains of ice, thus suddenly thawed as wax, with the heat of Luxury. But Parum justo, ba little that the righteous man hath, is better then the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: the strength of their state shall be confounded. Their wealth is not Gods, therefore he takes no charge of it. But the Riches of the good, is the riches of God, and he will prosper it.