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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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There are many cautions in vows, which I must now ⟨p. 216⟩vow to omit. Only Solomons rule excepted, Eccles. 5. When thou vowest a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he 1hath no pleasure in fools, pay that thou hast vowed. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin. Let nothing be vowed that is not Penes vonentem, in the power of the vower: and then the thing being good, and thou enabled to perform it, this vow must be kept. For thy vows are a heavy charge, Psalm. 56. Thy vows are heavy upon me, O 2God.
There are many cautions in vowes, which I must now ⟨p. 216⟩vow to omitte. Onely Salomons rule excepted, Eccles. 5. When thou vowest a vow to God, deferre not to pay it; for hee 1hath no pleasure in fooles, pay that thou hast vowed. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne. Let nothing be vowed that is not Penes vonentem, in the power of the vower: and then the thing being good, and thou enabled to performe it, this vow must be kept. For thy vowes are a heauy charge, Psalm. 56. Thy vowes are heauy vpon mee, O 2God.