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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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The Situation.
It is placed above, Gal. 4. gJerusalem which is above is free, the mother of us all. Heaven is in excelsis. hHis foundation is in the holy mountains. So was Jerusalem seated on earth, to figure this City; built on the Quarry of heaven, Dan. 2. On Sapphires, Emeralds, and Chrysolites, Reu. 21. There is a heaven now over our heads, but it shall iwax old as a garment. It is corruptible, and so combustible. This City is eternal; Mount Zion, never to be moved: a kingdom never to be shaken. We are now under this lower heaven, then this shall be under us. That which is our Canopy, shall be our Pavement.
It is placed aboue, Gal. 4. gIerusalem which is aboue is free, the mother of vs all. Heauen is in excelsis. hHis foundation is in the holy mountaines. So was Ierusalem seated on earth, to figure this Citie; built on the Quarrey of heauen, Dan. 2. On Saphyres, Emeralds, and Chrysolites,