A01956:1915
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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God reproves the Jews, that they had Manus sanguinum, tbloody hands. And the same Prophet seems to ⟨p. 314⟩liken it to a venomous infection: uyour hands are defiled with blood. And if the tongue can be possibly brought, to smother the in cherished poison, yet manus manifestabit, the hand will discover it. ver. 6. The act of violence is in their hands. The Israelites soon suspected, what a king Rehoboam would be when he threatened Gravitatem manus, to make his hand heavy; yea his finger heavier then his fathers Loins. Ahab quite disgraced himself for being thought religious, when he laid a violent hand on Naboths vineyard. Jeroboam makes it plain, that he bore no love to Gods Prophets, cùm extendit manum; when he put forth his hand to strike one. Many Landlords seem Christians, but they have Rehoboams hand, a heavy hand on their Tenants, many usurers come to Church, but they have Ahab's hand, to take the forfeit of the poor debtors heritage. Many parishioners seem to love their Prophets, but they have Jeroboam's hand, a hand that strikes them, if not in person, yet in estate; undoing them and their families. This is venenata manus, a poisoned Hand.
God reproues the Iewes, that they had Manus sanguinum, tbloudy hands. And the same Prophet seemes to ⟨p. 314⟩liken it to a venemous infection: uyour hands are defiled with bloud. And if the tongue can be possibly brought, to smother the in cherished poison, yet manus manifestabit, the hand will discouer it. ver. 6. The act of violence is in their hands. The Israelites soone suspected, what a king Rehoboam would be when he threatned Grauitatem manus, to make his hand heauy; yea his finger heauier then his fathers Loynes. Ahab quite disgraced himselfe for being thought religious, when hee laid a violent hand on Naboths vineyard. Ieroboam makes it plaine, that he bore no loue to Gods Prophets, cùm extendit manum; when hee put forth his hand to strike one. Many Landlords seeme Christians, but they haue Rehoboams hand, a heauy hand on their Tenants, many vsurers come to Church, but they haue Ahabs hand, to take the forfeit of the poore debters heritage. Many parishioners seeme to loue their Prophets, but they haue Ieroboams hand, a hand that strikes them, if not in person, yet in estate; vndoing them and their families. This is venenata manus, a poysond Hand.