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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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I come now to the sentence of Condemnation, Math. 25. 41. Then shall he say to them on the left hand; Depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels. In this form of damnatory judgement, are four points considerable. A Rejection of the wicked, a Reason of that rejection, an Objection against that reason, a Confutation of that objection. In the Rejection ⟨p. 131⟩are many particulars gradually enhancing their judgement. They are partly Privative, & partly Positive. Depart from me ye cursed, there is Poenadam•i: Into everlasting fire, there is Poena sensus. As there be two kinds of sin: Delictum and Peccatum. Delictum est desertio boni, 1Peccatum perpetratio mali: the one a forsaking of that is good, the other a committing of that is evil. So there is a like proportion of punishment; a depriving of joy, and a giving over to torment. Here is
I come now to the sentence of Condemnation, Math. 25. 41. Then shall he say to them on the left hand; Depart from mee yee cursed, into euerlasting fire prepared for the Deuill and his angels. In this forme of damnatory iudgement, are foure points considerable. A Reiection of the vvicked, a Reason of that reiection, an Obiection against that reason, a Confutation of that obiection. In the Reiection ⟨p. 131⟩are many particulars gradually inhancing their iudgement. They are partly Priuatiue, & partly Positiue. Depart from mee yee cursed, there is Poenadam•i: Into euerlasting fire, there is Poena sensus. As there be two kindes of sinne: Delictum and Peccatum. Delictum est desertio boni, 1Peccatum perpetratio mali: the one a forsaking of that is good, the other a committing of that is euill. So there is a like proportion of punishment; a depriuing of ioy, and a giuing ouer to torment. Heere is