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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
HEAVEN-GATE: OR, THE PASSAGE TO PARADISE. › The Motion. Enter in.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This is a good life, saith Bern. Mala pati, et bona facere; et fic usque ad mortem perseverare. To suffer evil, to do good, and so to continue to the end. Some came into the Vineyard in the morning, some at noon, others later: none received the Penny, but they that stayed till night. Augustine affirms this to be almost all the contents of the Lords Prayer; cHallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done. Wherein we desire that his Name may always be sanctified, his Kingdom always propagated, his will always obeyed.
This is a good life, saith Bern. Mala pati, et bona facere; et fic vsque ad mortem perseuerare. To suffer euill, to doe good, and so to continue to the end. Some came into the Vineyard in the morning, some at noone, others later: none receiued the Penny, but they that stayed till night. Augustine affirmes this to be almost all the contents of the Lords Prayer; cHallowed be thy Name, thy kingdome come, thy will be done. Wherein wee desire that his Name may alwaies be sanctified, his Kingdome alwaies propagated, his will alwaies obeyed.
- cAug de bon• Perseverantia. cap. 2.Aug de bon• Perseuerantia. cap. 2.
Indeed this grace perfects all graces. We believe in vain, if our faith hold not out to the end. We love in vain, if our charity grow cold at last. We pray in vain, if our zeal grows faint. We strive in vain at the strait gate, if not till we enter. Venire adreligionem est vera devotio; sed non religiose vivere vera damnatio. To come to the truth of religion is true devotion; not to live religiously, is true damnation. Man is naturally like a horse that loveth short journeys; and there are few that hold out. Whence it comes, that the last are often first, and the first last.