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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. The answer of Christ, Mat. 25. 40. In as much as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. The miseries of my brethren are my own miseries. aWe have an high Priest touched with the feeling of our infirmities. That invulnerable and glorified breast, is still touched with the sense of our wounds. Saul, thou persecutest me: he says not mine, but me: me in mine. bHe that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of mine eye. Surely he will pity the misery of every one, that is afflicted with the sorrows of all. Quis recusabit pro Christo pati, quando Christus compatitur patienti? Who would refuse to suffer ⟨p. 130⟩for Christ, when he is sure that Christ suffers with him?
4. The answere of Christ, Mat. 25. 40. In as much as yee haue done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me. The miseries of my brethren are my own miseries. aWee haue an high Priest touched with the feeling of our infirmities. That invulnerable and glorified brest, is still touched with the sense of our wounds. Saul, thou persecutest mee: he sayes not mine, but me: me in mine. bHe that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of mine eye. Surely he will pity the misery of euery one, that is afflicted with the sorowes of all. Quis recusabit pro Christo pati, quando Christus compatitur patienti? Who would refuse to suffer ⟨p. 130⟩for Christ, when he is sure that Christ suffers with him?