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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 BAD LEAVEN: OR, THE CONTAGION OF SIN.THE BAD LEAVEN: OR, THE CONTAGION OF SINNE.
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Now one argument whereby the Apostle debtors them from blending Judaism with Christianity, is derived from the danger of corrupting the doctrine of the Gospel: A little Leaven leaveneth the whole lump. One ceremony of the legal rites observed with an opinion of necessity, soureth all that sweetness of redemption that cometh by Christ. This Divine Aphorism may thus logically be resolved; into a Predicate, Subject, and Copula. The Predicate, leaven: the Subject, lump: the Copula, leaveneth. Or thus there is a thing Active; Leaven. Factive, soureth Passive, the lump.
Now one argument whereby the Apostle deterres them from blending Iudaisme with Christianity, is deriued from the danger of corrupting the doctrine of the Gospell: A little Leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe. One ceremony of the legall rites obserued with an opinion of necessity, sowreth all that sweetnesse of redemption that commeth by Christ. This Diuine Aphorisme may thus logically be resolued; into a Predicate, Subiect, and Copula. The Predicate, leauen: the Subiect, lumpe: the Copula, leaueneth. Or thus there is a thing Actiue; Leauen. Factiue, sowreth Passiue, the lumpe.
But because the whole speech is allegorical, let us first open the metaphor with the key of proper analogy; and then take out the treasure, such observations as may be naturally ⟨p. 356⟩deduced from it. Most properly our Apostle by leaven understands false doctrine, and by lump the truth of the Gospel: so the sense is this; one heresy infects a mass of truth. Or if we restrain it to persons, by leaven he meaneth false Teachers, and by lump the Church of Galatia: and so a teacher of the bondage to the Law, sours the liberty of the Gospel. gBehold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. Or if yet we will look upon it with more general view, we may by leaven understand sin, by lump man, by leavening Infection. Here are three respondences, and all worthily considerable.