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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
The second Sermon. › Our selves.The second Sermon. › Our selues.
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Jonah had a Gourd that was to him an Arbour: he sate under it secure: but suddenly there was a worm that bit it, and it dyed. Compare (secretly in your hearts) your riches to that Gourd: your pleasure to the greenness of it: your pomp, attendance vanities to the leaves of it: your sudden increase of wealth, to the growing and shooting up of it. But withal forget not the Worm and the Wind; the Worm that shall kill your root is Death, and the Wind that ⟨p. 279⟩shall blow upon you is calamity. There is a greater defect in this wealth and worship then their uncertaintie. Non m•do fallacia quia dubia verùm insidiosa quia dulcia. They are not only deceitful through their 1ticklenesse, but dangerous through their lusho•snesse. Men are apt to surfeit on this luxurient abundance: it is a ba•e to security, a baud to wantonness.
Ionas had a Gourd that was to him an Arbour: he sate vnder it secure: but suddenly there was a worme that bitte it, and it dyed. Compare (secretly in your hearts) your riches to that Gourd: your pleasure to the greenesse of it: your pompe, attendance vanities to the leaues of it: your suddaine encrease of wealth, to the growing and shooting vp of it. But withall forget not the Worme and the Wind; the Worme that shall kill your roote is Death, and the Wind that ⟨p. 279⟩shall blow vpon you is calamitie. There is a greater defect in this wealth and worshippe then their vncertaintie. Non m•do fallacia quia dubia verùm insidiosa quia dulcia. They are not onely deceitfull through their 1ticklenesse, but dangerous through their lusho•snesse. Men are apt to surfeit on this luxurient abundance: it is a ba•e to securitie, a baud to wantonnes.
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