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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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The Pharisees compassed Sea and Land to make Proselytes; pand when they had made one, they make him twofold more the child of hell then themselves. Do not our Seminaries so? Yes they are Compassers too, like their grand Master. Job. 2. much like those Circulatores, and Circumcelliones, a limb of the Donatists. They creep into Ladies houses, I had almost said into their Chambers: the Pursuivant in modesty hath forborne the Gentlewoman's bed, and missed him. Confession and Penance are the principal wheels, whereupon the Engine of their policy runs. By the first they find out mens secret inclinations; by the other they heap riches to their Tribe. They will not lead a Novice into the main at first, to ⟨p. 361⟩make him believe the Popes infallibility of Judgement, authority to decrown Kings, to make Scripture no Scripture, and no Scripture Scripture, &c. This meat is too tough, it will not down: therefore they court his affections with pleasing delights, smooth semblances, and moderate constructions; as near to the religion from which they would pervert him, as possibly may be afforded. So by degrees they gain him, God and the Truth loseth him. In their own Countries, places of freedom, they visor their hearts, in England they visor their faces too.
The Pharises compassed Sea and Land to make Proselytes; pand when they had made one, they make him twofold more the child of hell then themselues. Doe not our Seminaries so? Yes they are Compassers too, like their grand Master. Iob. 2. much like those Circulatores, and Circumcelliones, a limbe of the Donatists. They creepe into Ladies houses, I had almost said into their Chambers: the Pursuiuant in modesty hath forborne the Gentlewomans bed, and missed him. Confession and Penance are the principall wheeles, whereupon the Engine of their policie runnes. By the first they find out mens secret inclinations; by the other they heape riches to their Tribe. They will not lead a Nouice into the maine at first, to ⟨p. 361⟩