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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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[…]. The other use is St. Pauls. gLet the same mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus. What mind is that? Humility. Ver. 7. He that thought it no robbery to be equal with God, humbled himself to become Man: we should have found it no robbery to be equal with Devils, and shall we be proud? What an intolerable disproportion is this; to behold Humilem Deum, & superbum hominem? an humble God, and a proud man? Who can endure to see a Prince on foot, & his vassal mounted? Shall the Son of God be thus humble for us, & shall not we be humble for our selves? For our selves, I say; ⟨p. 294⟩that deserve to be cast down among the lowest; for our selves, that we may be exalted.
〈…〉. The other vse is St. Pauls. gLet the same minde be in you, which was in Christ Iesus. What mind is that? Humilitie. Ver. 7. He that thought it no robberie to bee equall with God, humbled himselfe to become Man: we should haue found it no robberie to be equall with Deuils, and shall we be proud? What an intolerable disproportion is this; to behold Humilem Deum, & superbum hominem? an humble God, and a proud man? Who can indure to see a Prince on foot, & his vassall mounted? Shall the Sonne of God be thus humble for vs, & shall not we be humble for our selues? For our selues, I say; ⟨p. 294⟩that deserue to be cast downe among the lowest; for our selues, that we may be exalted.
He that here calls himself the Son of man, is now glorified: they that humbly acknowledge themselves to be the Sons of men, that is mortal, shall be made the Sons of God, that is immortal. In the first of King. 19. There was a mighty strong wind, that rent the mountains, and brake the rocks; but God was