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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
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.
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Christ calls it a gnarrow gate. They must be little that enter; little in their own eyes, slender in the opinion of themselves. hWhosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. Samuel to Saul; iWhen thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the Head of the Tribes of Israel? When Jesse had made all his Sons pass before Samuel, he asked him if none remained yet; Jesse answers, Yes a little one tending the flocks. kFetch that little one, saith Samuel: for we will not sit down till he come. That little one was he. Says the Angel to Esdras, 2. Esdras 7. lA city is built, and set upon a broad field, full of all good things. Yet the Entrance thereof is narrow. This is spatiosa & speciosa Civitas; A city beautiful and roomthy; yet it hath but a narrow wicket, a little Gate.
Christ calls it a gnarrow gate. They must be little that enter; little in their owne eyes, slender in the opinion of themselues. h