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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.
The Sufferer, or Patient;
And his title is, [Greek or Hebrew], Thou fool. What? If this had come from a poor Tenants mouth, it had been held a petty kind of blasphemy. Is the rich man only held the wise man, at all parts; and doth God change his title with such a contradiction? Is the worlds gold become dross? the rich Idol a fool? It is even a maxim in common acceptation; He is wise, that is rich. Dives and Sapiens are voces conuertibiles; Rich and wise are convertible terms, imagined to signify one thing. When the rich man speaks, all the people give (bare-headed) silence and attention. As if no argument could evince such a necessity, as the chief Priests to Judas; Tantum dabo: So much vvill I give thee. Tantus valour in quatuor syllabis. Such force is ⟨p. 217⟩1there in four syllables, and but two words. It is not only eloquence, but enchantment; and they that use it, prevail like Sorcerers; unless perhaps they light upon (multis è millibus unum) a Peter, rThou and thy money be damned together. If he that can plead by the strongest arguments, be the wisest man, how doth God call the Rich man Fool? If a man should travel through all conditions of the World, what gates would not open to the rich mans knock!
And his title is, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Thou foole. What? If this had come from a poore Tenants mouth, it had beene held a petty kinde of blasphemy. Is the rich man onely held the wise man, at all parts; and doth God change his title with such a contradiction? Is the worlds gold become drosse? the rich Idoll a foole? It is euen a maxime in common acceptation; He is wise, that is rich. Diues and Sapiens are voces conuertibiles; Rich and wise are conuertible termes, imagin'd to signifie one thing. When the rich man speakes, all the people giue (bare-headed) silence and attention. As if no argument could euince such a necessity, as the chiefe Priests to Iudas; Tantum dabo: So much vvill I giue thee. Tantus valor in quatuor syllabis. Such force is