A01956:1786
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
The second Sermon. › Our selves.The second Sermon. › Our selues.
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4. By miserable niggardice, in forbearing to take his own portion; and so becometh his own consumption. No marvel if such a miser starve others, when he famisheth himself. Such a one is the worst vermin the land bears: another vermin seeks but to feed it self; but he hording up his grain feeds many thousands of them. Let him beware, least they also at last devour himself. As that Germane Bishop, ⟨p. 270⟩that having great store of corn in a grievous famine, 1refused to sell it to the poor, and suffered the Rats to eat it. But by the •ust judgement of God, the Mice and Rats which he fed with his grain, did also feed upon him; albeit he built a Tower in the middest of the river Rhine to avoid them; which the Germans call still Rats Tower. How shall they which slander heaven with pretended dearths, be admitted as friends to that place which they have belied!
4. By miserable niggardice, in forbearing to take his owne portion; and so becometh his owne consumption. No maruell if such a miser starue others, when hee famisheth himselfe. Such a one is the worst vermine the land beares: another vermine seekes but to feed it selfe; but he hoording vp his graine feedes many thousands of them. Let him beware, least they also at last deuoure himselfe. As that Germane Bishop, ⟨p. 270⟩that hauing great store of corne in a grieuous famine, 1refused to sell it to the poore, and suffered the Rattes to eate it. But by the •ust iudgement of God, the Mise and Rats which he fed with his graine, did also feed vpon him; albeit he built a Tower in the middest of the riuer Rheine to auoid them; which the Germanes call still Rattes Tower. How shall they which slander heauen with pretended dearths, be admitted as friends to that place which they haue belyed!
- 1Act. & Mon. pag. 185.