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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 Glory.
The glory? Non mihi si centum linguae. If I had a hundred tongues, I was not able to discourse throughly the least dram of that inestimable weight of glory. The eye hath seen much, the ear hath heard more, and the heart hath conceived most of all. But dno eye hath seen, nor ear heard, nor heart apprehended the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. Augustine after a stand; eDeus habet quod exhibeat. God hath something to bestow on you. If I say, we shall be satiate, you will think of loathing: if, we shall not be satiate, you will think of hunger. But Ibi nec fames, nec fastidium: there is neither hunger, nor lothing. Sed Deus habet quod exhibeat. No sooner is the soul within those gates, but she is glorious. Similem ⟨p. 281⟩sibi reddit ingredientem. Heaven shall make them that enter it, like it self; glorious: As the air by the Suns brightness is transformed bright. Quanta falici tas, ubi nullum erit malum, nullum deerit bonum! How great is that blessedness, where shall be no evil present, no good absent! This is a blessed City.
The glory? Non mihi si centum linguae. If I had a hundred tongues, I was not able to discourse throughly the least dramme of that inestimable weight of glory. The eye hath seene much, the eare hath heard more, and the heart hath conceiued most of all. But dno eye hath seene, nor eare heard, nor heart apprehended the things which God hath prepared for them that loue him. Augustine after a stand;