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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
THE COSMOPOLITE: OR, WORLDS FAVOURITE. › Of whom.THE COSMOPOLITE: OR, WORLDS FAVOVRITE. › Of whom.
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Of whom.
Of thee; that hadst so provided for thy soul in another place: for though earth be a dungeon in regard of heaven, yet is it a Paradise in respect of hell. This world was his selected and affected home; and from thence shall death pluck him out by the ears.
Of thee; that hadst so prouided for thy soule in another place: for though earth be a dungeon in regard of heauen, yet is it a Paradise in respect of hell. This world was his selected and affected home; and from thence shall death plucke him out by the eares.
If this news of the Souls requiring had come to a faithful Christian, he would have welcomed it; and judged it only the voice of the Feast-maker, finding him in the humble room of this base earth; aFriend, sit up higher. Or that voice of heaven that spake to John; bCome up hither. Sit no longer in the vale of tears, but ascend the mountain of glory. A trumpet calling him to Mount Tabor, where he shall be transfigured for ever. This time would be to him, the non ultra of his joys and desires: he fought all his combat for this, that he might creceive the end of his faith, the salvation of his soul. He is content to live here till God call him; but his ddesire is to be dissolved, and to be with Christ. Bonus vitam habet in patientia, mortem in desiderio. He is patient to live, but willing to die. To him