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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. › SumTHE COSMOPOLITE: OR, WORLDS FAVOVRITE. › Summe
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3. We see the most rich Worldlings live the most miserably; slaved to that wealth, whereof they keep the key under their girdles. Esuriunt in popina, as we say, they starve in a Cooks shop. A man would think, that if wealth could do any good, it could surely do this good; keep the owner from want, hunger, sorrow, care: No, even these evils riches do not avoid, but rather force on him. Whereof is a man covetous, but of riches? when these riches come, you think he is cured of his covetousness: no, he is more covetous. Though he hath received desiderium animi, yet he keeps still animum desiderij. The desires of his mind granted, abolish not his mind of desires. So a man might strive to extinguish the Lamp, by putting oil into it; but this makes it burn more. And as it is with some, that thirstily drink harsh and ill-brewed drinks, have not their heat hereby allayed, but inflamed: So this worldlings hot eagerness of riches is not cooled, but fired by his abundance.
3. We see the most rich Worldlings liue the most miserably; slaued to that vvealth, whereof they keepe the key vnder their girdles. Esuriunt in popina, as we say, they starue in a Cookes shoppe. A man would thinke, that if wealth could doe any good, it could surely do this good; keepe the owner from want, hunger, sorow, care: No, euen these euills riches doe not auoide, but rather force on him. Whereof is a man couetous, but of riches? when these riches come, you thinke he is cured of his couetousnesse: no, he is more couetous. Though he hath receiued desiderium animi, yet he keeps still animum desiderij. The desires of his mind granted, abolish not his mind of desires. So a man might striue to extinguish the Lampe, by putting oyle into it; but this makes it burne more. And as it is with some, that thirstily drink harish and ill-brewed drinks, haue not their heate hereby allayed, but inflamed: So this vvorldlings hote eagernesse of riches is not cooled, but fired by his abundance.
4. That which makes a man easy to hit, makes also his wound grievous. The Poet tells us, that when Codrus his house burns, (a little cottage in the Forrest) he 1