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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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THE HAPPINESS OF THE CHURCH.
THE HAPPINES OF THE CHVRCH.
HEBR. 12. Ver. 22. But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and to the City of the living GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem; and to an innumerable company of Angels: 23. To the general assembly, and Church of the first borne which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect: 24. And to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things then that of Abel.
HEBR. 12. Ver. 22. But ye are come vnto Mount Sion, and to the Citie of the liuing GOD, the heauenly Ierusalem; and to an innumerable company of Angels: 23. To the generall assembly, and Church of the first borne which are written in heauen, and to God the Iudge of all, and to the spirits of iust men made perfect: 24. And to Iesus the Mediator of the new Couenant, and to the bloud of sprinkling, that speaketh better things then that of Abel.
THEY that make comparisons, alteram partem deprimunt, ut res alterius emineant; debase the one part, that they may advance the honour of the other. Our Apostle abates the glory of the Law, that he may give more glory (where it is more deserved) to the Gospel. aFor if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. The sum of the comparison ⟨p. 2⟩is spent in these three generals. 1. There were, Omnia terrena, et externa: all things outward and savouring of earth: ver. 18. A Mount that might still be touched, &c. Here, all Interna et coelestia, spirituall and heavenly. 2. There are all Obscura et caliginosa, dark and difficult: Blackness & darkness, &c. Here, all Clara et illustria, cleare and conspicuous: therefore the Prophet called Christ Solem Justitiae,