A01956:1872
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 LOST ARE FOUND. › To save.THE LOST ARE FOVND. › To saue.
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.
To save.
To saue.
Ecce Pietatem, Behold his goodness. Herod sought Christ ad interitum, to kill him: Christ seeks us ad salutem, to save us. bThis is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation: that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Yield to be found, if thou wilt yield to be saved. There is nothing but good meant thee in this seeking. Vidimus & testamur, &c. cWe have seen, and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of ⟨p. 303⟩the world. The Fishermen's riddle was, Those we could not find we kept, those we found we lost. But Christs course is otherwise: Whom he finds he saves; whom he finds not are lost for ever. It was a Poetical speech; Amare & sapere vix conceditur dijs. To love and to be wise seldom meet. They are met in Christ: he did love us, suscepit naturam he became man: he was wise, occîdit peccatum, he killed sin. In love he seeks us, in wisdom he saves us: here was Amare & sapere. This sweet and comfortable note I must leave to your meditations: my speech must end his saving, though of his salvation there be no end. Paruum est seruare bonos: it is a small thing to save those that are in no danger of spilling; therefore lastly look to the Object;
Ecce Pietatem, Behold his goodnesse. Herod sought Christ ad interitum, to kill him: Christ seekes vs ad salutem, to saue vs. bThis is a faithfull saying, and worthy of all acceptation: that Iesus Christ came into the world to saue sinners. Yeeld to be found, if thou wilt yeeld to be saued. There is nothing but good meant thee in this seeking. Vidimus & testamur, &c.