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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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4. Impartialitas Justitiae, impartial Justice. Tully tells us of a Proverb. Exuit personam Judicis, quisquis amici induit: He hath put off the person of a Judge, that puts on the person of a friend. The good Judge neither hath his right hand filled with love, nor his left with hatred: the school of Justice is not swayed. Indeed tamdiu Judex, quamdiu Justus: he is so long a Judge, as he is just. Nomen quod ab •quitate sumitur, per praevaricationem admittitur. Zeleucus was commended, that when (according to his Law for adultery, which took from the offender both his eyes) his son was deprehended in that fact; put out one of his own eyes, and one of his sons. Duo lumina cacantur juxta legem, duo supersunt juxta misericordiam. Two eyes are lost according to justice, and two remain according to mercy. A marvellous temper Inter justum Judicem, & misericordiem Patrem: between a just Judge, and a kind Father. But GOD is so just, that because sin would let him save none of us, he slew his Son to save all of us. lGod commendeth his love to us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. God commends his love; indeed he might justly commend it: and to us by this token, that being rebels he bought us with the blood of his own Sonne. He will ever continue so just, in punishing traitors, in crowning his faithful subjects. Judex damnatur, cùm nocens absoluitur. Sen. He that justifies the guilty, transfers the guilt to himself. But mShall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Yes, we have all sinned, but Thou continuest holy, O thou worship of Israel.
4. Impartialitas Iustitiae, impartiall Iustice. Tully tells vs of a Prouerbe. Exuit personam Iudicis, quisquis amici induit: He hath put off the person of a Iudge, that puts on the person of a friend. The good Iudge neither hath his right hand filled with loue, nor his left with hatred: the scole of Iustice is not swayed. Indeed tamdiu Iudex, quamdiu Iustus: he is so long a Iudge, as he is iust. Nomen quod ab •quitate sumitur, per praeuaricationem admittitur. Zeleucus was commended, that when (according to his Law for adultery, which tooke frō the offender both his eyes) his sonne was deprehended in that fact; put out one of his owne eyes, and one of his sonnes. Duo lumina cacantur iuxta legem, duo supersunt iuxta misericordiam. Two eyes are lost according to iustice, and two remaine according to mercy. A maruelous temper Inter iustum Iudicem, & misericordiem Patrem: betweene a iust Iudge, and a kind Father. But GOD is so iust, that because sin would let him saue none of vs, hee slew his Sonne to saue all of vs.