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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
MANS SEED-TIME AND HARVEST: OR, Lex Talionis. › God is not mocked.
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If there be any fraudulent Debtor, that deceives his brother of his goods, and then flatters his conscience that the merits of Christ shall acquit him: so packs all upon Christ, let him pay it: let him know that God is not mocked. The blood of Christ was not shed to pay mens debts, but Gods debts. It hath virtue enough, but no such direction. Thou injurest Christ to lay such reckonings on him. No, Vend, solue, vive de reliquo. aSell that thou hast, pay that thou owest, live of that thou reservest.
If there be any fraudulent Debter, that deceiues his brother of his goods, and then flatters his conscience that the merits of Christ shall acquit him: so packes all vpon Christ, let him pay it: let him know that God is not mocked. The bloud of Christ was not shed to pay mens debts, but Gods debts. It hath vertue enough, but no such direction. Thou iniurest Christ to lay such reckonings on him. No, Vende, solue, viue de reliquo. aSell that thou hast, pay that thou owest, liue of that thou reseruest.
If there be any Usurer, that deals altogether in letting out: that lets out his money to men, his time to Mammon, his body to pining, his mind to repining, his soul to Satan: Though he comes to Church, and sits out a Sermon; let him know that his mind is then bound to his obligations; and he creeps into the Temple for the ⟨p. 241⟩same end, the Serpent crop into Paradise. Wretched men, that are bound to his mercy: for like a common hackney Jade, he will not bear them one hour past his day. But let him know, God is not mocked.