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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.
God allows this liberal time to some: but what enemies are we to our selves, that of all these twelve hours, allow our selves not one! Many post off their conversion from day to day, sending Religion afore them to thirty, and then putting it off to forty; and not pleased yet to overtake it, promise it entertainment at threescore: at last death comes and allows not one hour. In youth men resolve to allow themselves the time of age to serve God: in age they shuffle it off to sickness; when sickness comes, care to dispose their goods, loathness to dye, hope to escape martyrs that good thought; and their resolution still keeps before them the length of Gracious street at least. If we have but the lease of a Farm for twenty years, we make use of the time and gather profit. But in this precious Farm of Time we are so ill husbands, that our Lease comes out, before we are one pennyworth of grace the richer by it. Take heed; it is dangerous trifling ⟨p. 333⟩out thy good day, lest thou hear this message in the evening; This night shall thy soul be required of thee: Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? This is the Question.
God allowes this liberall time to some: but what enemies are we to our selues, that of all these twelue houres, allow our selues not one! Many post off their conuersion from day to day, sending Religion afore them to thirty, and then putting it off to forty; and not pleased yet to ouertake it, promise it entertainment at threescore: at last death comes and allowes not one houre. In youth men resolue to allow themselues the time of age to serue God: in age they shuffle it off to sicknesse; when sicknes comes, care to dispose their goods, lothnesse to dye, hope to escape martyrs that good thought; and their resolution still keepes before them the length of Gracious street at least. If wee haue but the lease of a Farme for twenty yeares, we make vse of the time and gather profit. But in this precious Farme of Time we are so ill husbands, that our Lease comes out, before we are one penniworth of grace the richer by it. Take heed; it is dangerous trifling ⟨p. 333⟩out thy good day, lest thou heare this message in the euening; This night shall thy soule be required of thee: Then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided? This is the Question.