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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
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.
My Soul.
My Soule.
There is no vexation to the vexation of the soul: so no consolation to the consolation of the soul. David in this Psalm calls it his Darling. oRescue my soul from their destructions, my Darling from the Lyons. The same Prophet complained of a great unrest, when phis soul was disquieted within him. Jonah of a grievous sickness, when qhis soul fainted. Joseph had a cruel bondage, when rThe iron entered his soul. So no comfort to the comfort of the soul. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, sThy comforts have refreshed my soul. The wicked hear tell of Gods mercies: communitur audimus verbum salutis: but God speaks not to their souls. Therefore they cannot say with Mary; My soul rejoiceth. This joy, when God speaks peace to the soul, is ineffabile gaudium: a jubilation of the heart, which a man can, neither recitare, nor reticere: neither suppress, nor express. It gives end to all •arres, doubts, and differences; overcomes the world, non-sutes the devil; and makes a man keep Hilary Term all his life.
There is no vexation to the vexation of the soule: so no consolation to the consolation of the soule. Dauid in this Psalme calls it his Darling.