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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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But it is further objected, that the Saints shall judge. dYe shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve Tribes of Israel. eKnow ye not, that the Saints shall judge the world? This truly is a great honour to the Apostles and Saints. To be Judge of a Circuit is an honourable office, what is it then to judge the world? But there is great difference, they have potestatem accessoriam; an accessory power; Christ imperatoriam, a principal and imperial power. fAll power is given to me in heaven and in earth. He hath Honorem Primarium, the prime honour; they subordinatum, derived from his. Christ gives Sententiam judicatoriam, they only appr•batoriam: he the sentence of judgement, they of approbation. As the Justices on the bench are in some manner Judges: not in giving the sentence, but in approving the sentence given. The Saints therefore may be said to judge; Vel exemplo, vel testimonio, vel •ffragio. 1. By their example: for their lives shall condemn the wicked, as Noah's handy work did the old world. So the Apostles shall judge Israel, because their faith shall take from Israel all excuse. Such a judgement Christ speaks of: gThe Ninevites shall rise in judgement with this generation, & shall condemn it. The Queen of the South shall rise up in judgement with it, and shall condemn it. The goodness of the one shall judge & condemn the badness of the other. So Christ stops the blasphemous mouths of the Jews; accusing him to work by Beelzebub. If I ⟨p. 101⟩do it by him, by whom do your children cast out Devils? hTherefore they shall be your Judges. 2. By their Testimony, who can witness that the means of salvation was offered them in the Gospel, which they not accepting are justly condemned? i