A01956:1839
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The mLORD over all things, and nHeir of the world, undertakes ignominy and poverty. Ignominy: the oKing of glory is become pthe shame of men. Poverty: qPauper in nativitate, pauperior in vita, pauperrimus in cruce. Poor in his Birth, for borne in another mans stable: poor in his Life, fed at another mans table: poor in his Death, buried in another mans sepulchre.
The mLORD ouer all things, and nHeire of the world, vndertakes ignominie and pouertie. Ignominie: the oKing of glory is become pthe shame of men. Pouertie: qPauper in nativitate, pauperior in vita, pauperrimus in cruce. Poore in his Birth, for borne in another mans stable: poore in his Life, fed at another mans table: poore in his Death, buried in another mans sepulcher.