A01956:1947
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 Cockatrice is a very hot creature; and therefore made with spiraments and breathing places all over the body: least the compage and juncture of the whole composition should be dissolved. The intemperate heat of harlots is worse, and in some kind a very reflection from the fire of hell. There is an old tale, that England was once so pestered with Cockatrices, that a certain man found out one only trick to destroy them: which was by walking up and down in glass before them; whereby their own shapes were so reflected upon their own faces, that they died. ⟨p. 323⟩But it is idle, for it is more likely that the man should dye by the corruption of the air from the cockatrice, then the cockatrice by the resultance of it own similitude from the glass. As the harlot will sooner pervert a man, then he shall convert the harlot. Indeed they say, if they first see us, they kill us: if we first see them, they die. So if we first see the damnation of a Courtesan, we save our selves: if they first see & wound us, we dye of it.
The Cocatrice is a very hote creature; and therefore made with spiraments and breathing places all ouer the body: least the compage and iuncture of the whole composition should be dissolued. The intemperate heate of harlots is worse, and in some kind a very reflection from the fire of hell. There is an old tale, that England was once so pesterd with Cocatrices, that a certaine man found out one onely tricke to destroy them: which was by walking vp and downe in glasse before them; whereby their owne shapes were so reflected vpon their owne faces, that they died. ⟨p. 323⟩But it is idle, for it is more likely that the man should dye by the corruption of the aire from the cocatrice, then the cocatrice by the resultance of it owne similitude from the glasse. As the harlot will sooner peruert a man, then he shall conuert the harlot. Indeed they say, if they first see vs, they kill vs: if we first see them, they die. So if we first see the damnation of a Courtezan, we saue our selues: if they first see & wound vs, we dye of it.