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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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Gold cannot hide a rotten post from GODS eye. If men will be Humiles sine despectu, and Pauperes fine defectu; 1he sees it. Hypocrisy is like a burning fever, which drinks fervent heat out of cold drink. The Hypocrite is nothing else but a player on this worlds stage: the villains part is his; and all his care is to play it handsomely and cleanly. He maliceth any man that would take his part from him; not unlike to him that being requested to lend his clothes, to represent a part in a Comedy; answered; no, he would have no body play the fool in his clothes but himself. He thinks to cozen all the world with the opinion of his purity; but there is one above sees him. God is not mocked.
Gold cannot hide a rotten post from GODS eye. If men will be Humiles sine despectu, and Pauperes fine defectu; 1he sees it. Hypocrisie is like a burning feuer, which drinkes feruent heate out of cold drinke. The Hypocrite is nothing else but a player on this worlds stage: the villaines part is his; and all his care is to play it handsomely and cleanly. He maliceth any man that would take his part from him; not vnlike to him that being requested to lend his clothes, to represent a part in a Comedie; answered; no, he would haue no body play the foole in his clothes but himselfe. Hee thinkes to coozen all the world with the opinion of his purity; but there is one aboue sees him. God is not mocked.
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I have ended the Caution; let us come to the Reason. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. wherein observe The Manner. Matter. In the Manner there is a twofold generality of the Thing. Person. There is a Whatsoever, and a Whosoever: for the whole speech is indefinite. The Person is indefinite. A Man, any man,
I haue ended the Caution; let vs come to the Reason. For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape. wherein obserue The Manner. Matter. In the Manner there is a twofold generality of the Thing. Person. There is a Whatsoeuer, and a Whosoeuer: for the vvhole speech is indefinite. The Person is indefinite. A Man, any man,