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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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Stephen saw this very bSon of man standing on the right hand of God. The blood of this Son of man gives salvation: and to whom it doth not, this Son of man shall cadjudge them to condemnation. Under this name and form of Humility our Saviour apposed his Disciples. dWhom do men say, that I, the Son of Man, am? Peter answers for himself and the Apostles, whatsoever the people thought; eThou art Christ the Son of the living God. He calls himself the Son of man, Peter calls him the Son of God. fThe Jews see him only a stumbling block, and the Greeks foolishness: but Christians see him gthe Power of God, and the Wisdom of God. The wicked behold him hwithout form or comeliness, or beauty to desire him: but the faithful behold him icrowned with a Crown, khis face shining, as the Sun in his glory. Therefore lQuantò minorem see fecit in humilitate, tantò maiorem exhibuit in bonitate. Quanto pro me vilior, tanto mihi charior. The lower he brought himself in humility, the higher he magnified his mercy. By so much as he was made the baser for us, by so much let him be the dearer to us.
Stephen saw this very bSonne of man standing on the right hand of God. The bloud of this Sonne of man giues saluation: and to whome it doth not, this Sonne of man shall