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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.
1. Libertas; Freedom from the Law; not from obedience to it, but from the curse of it. Praestemus quod possumus: quod non possumus, non damnabit. Let us keep so much of it as we can: what we cannot keep, shall not eondemne us. Liberty in the use of these earthly things: heaven, earth, air, sea, with all their creatures, do us service. oWhether things present, or things to come, all are yours: and ye are Christs, and Christ is Gods.
1. Libertas; Freedome from the Law; not from obedience to it, but from the curse of it. Praestemus quod possumus: quod non possumus, non damnabit. Let vs keepe so much of it as we can: what wee cannot keepe, shall not eondemne vs. Liberty in the vse of these earthly things: heauen, earth, ayre, sea, with all their creatures, do vs seruice. oWhether things present, or things to come, all are yours: and ye are Christs, and Christ is Gods.
2. Tutela Imperij; The Kings protection, Psalm. 91. Angelis mandavit. pHe hath given his Angels charge over us, to keep us in all our ways. Is this all? No. vers. 4. He covers us with his feathers, and under his wings do we trust: his truth is our shield and our buckler. Our dangers are many in some places, and some in all places: we have Gods own Guard royal to keep us. They qare sent from God to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation. I need not determine, whether every particular person hath his particular Angel. Saint Augustine hath well answered,