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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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3. If thy name be written Christian in the book of thy Conscience, this is a special argument of thy registering in heaven bFor if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness and confidence towards God. Ang. What if mans ignorance and unmerciful jealousy blot thee out of the book of his credite; Si de libro vinentium nunquam propria deleat conscientia: so long as thy own conscience doth not blot thee forth the book of blessedness. If the good spoken of us be not found in our conscience, that glory is our shame. If the evil spoken of us be not found in our conscience, that shame is our glory. Therefore it is that Hugo calls the conscience Librum signatum et clausum, in die Indicij aperiendum, a book shut and sealed, only at the Resurrection to be opened. Conscientiam, magis quàm ⟨p. 95⟩2famam attend: falls saepe poterit fama, conscientiae nunquam. Look to thy Conscience more then to thy credit: fame may often be deceived, conscience never. The beams that play upon the water, are shot from the Sun in heaven: the peace and joy that danceth in the conscience, comes from the Son of righteousness, the Lord Jesus. If a hearty laughter dimple the cheek, there is a smooth and quiet mind within. Upon the wall there is a writing; a man sitting with his back to the wall, how should he read it? but let a looking-glass be set before him, it vvill reflect it to his eyes, he shall read it by the resultance. The writing our names in heaven is hid, yet in the glass of a good conscience it is presented to our eye of faith, and the soul reads it. For it is impossible to have a good conscience on earth, except a man be written in heaven.
3. If thy name be written Christian in the booke of thy Conscience, this is a speciall argument of thy registring in heauen bFor if our heart condemne vs not, vvee haue boldnesse and confidence towards God. Ang. VVhat if mans ignorance and vnmercifull ielousie blot thee out of the booke of his credite; Si de libro vinentium nunquam propria deleat conscientia: so long as thy owne conscience doth not blot thee forth the booke of blessednesse. If the good spoken of vs be not found in our conscience, that glory is our shame. If the euill spoken of vs be not found in our conscience, that shame is our glory. Therefore it is that Hugo calls the cōscience Librum signatum et clausum, in die Indicij aperiendum, a booke shut and sealed, onely at the Resurrection to be opened. Conscientiam, magis quàm