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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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if thou sell that for a little pleasure, that he bought with so much pain, thou thinkest him an idle Merchant. No Lord, as thou hast given it to us, so keep it for us: that having now the assurance of it in grace, we may have one day the full possession of it in glory.
if thou sell that for a little pleasure, that he bought with so much paine, thou thinkest him an idle Marchant. No Lord, as thou hast giuē it to vs, so keepe it for vs: that hauing now the assurance of it in grace, vvee may haue one day the full possession of it in glory.
Written in heaven. This phrase is often used in the Scripture, and is but a metaphor whereby God declares the certainty of some mens eternal predestination, and eternal salvation. Tostatus makes three written books of GOD. 1. The great book, wherein are written all persons, actions, and events, both good and bad. Out of this are taken two other books. 2. The book of Predestination, consisting only of the Elect. 3. The book of Gods Prescience, which he calls the Black book, wherein are registered only the Reprobate. But this latter book hath no warrant in the Scriptures: it is true, that as there is a certain number to be saved, so the Lord knoweth them that are ordained to destruction: but the Scripture gives only a name of book to the first, not to the worst. Non quòd scribuntur in aliquo libro, sed quòd non scribuntur in illo libro. aLet them be blotted out of the book of the living, & let them not be written among the righteous. bWhose ⟨p. 83⟩names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the World. Not that they are written in any other book, but that they are not written in that book. Indeed God may be said to have diverse Books.
Written in heauen. This phrase is often vsed in the Scripture, and is but a metaphor whereby God declares the certaintie of some mens eternall predestination, and eternall saluation. Tostatus makes three written bookes of GOD. 1. The great booke, wherein are written all persons, actions, and euents, both good and bad. Out of this are taken two other bookes. 2. The booke of Predestination, consisting onely of the Elect. 3. The booke of Gods Prescience, which he calls the Blacke booke, wherin are registred onely the Reprobate. But this latter booke hath no warrant in the Scriptures: it is true, that as there is a certaine number to be saued, so the Lord knoweth them that are ordained to destruction: but the Scripture giues onely a name of booke to the first, not to the worst. Non quòd scribuntur in aliquo libro, sed quòd non scribuntur in illo libro.