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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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Some say, Moses wished this after the disposition of the inferior part of his soul; and not in voluntate rationem superiorem sequente; not in that will which is governed by reason. They exemplify it in Christ, who desired the cup to pass from him, yet simpliciter vellet pati, simply he would suffer. But there is great difference in the example. 1. Christ eschews death, Moses ensues death: ⟨p. 89⟩the object of their desires was unlike. 2. Christ by his office was to bear the sin and punishment of his people: Moses was never called to such a mediatorship. 3. Christ prayeth there as a man: for as God he prayeth not, but is prayed to. There is Duplex affectus, Mentis & Sensus. Christ in the affection of his mind was willing to suffer, but in his affection of Sense he desired the cup to pass. So that in Christ to escape death, was a natural desire: in Moses to wish death, yea an eternal death, was a contranaturall desire: it proceeded not from the sensual part, but from his inward feeling and meditation.
Some say, Moses wished this after the disposition of the inferiour part of his soule; and not in voluntate rationem superiorem sequente; not in that will which is gouerned by reason. They exemplifie it in Christ, who desired the cup to passe from him, yet simpliciter vellet pati, simply he would suffer. But there is great difference in the example. 1. Christ eschewes death, Moses ensues death: ⟨p. 89⟩the obiect of their desires was vnlike. 2. Christ by his office was to beare the sinne and punishment of his people: Moses was neuer called to such a mediatorship. 3. Christ prayeth there as a man: for as God hee prayeth not, but is prayed to. There is Duplex affectus, Mentis & Sensus. Christ in the affection of his minde was willing to suffer, but in his affection of Sense he desired the cup to passe. So that in Christ to escape death, was a naturall desire: in Moses to wish death, yea an eternall death, was a contranaturall desire: it proceeded not from the sensuall part, but from his inward feeling and meditation.