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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.
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.
Strange •even the father of sins cometh short of his sons: and there be Atheists upon earth when as there are none in hell. But they profess some religion among us; it may be so; but they fit and square it to their own humours: as that Giant dealt with his guests, for all whom he had but one bed; if they were too short for it, he racked them out longer; if too long, he cut them shorter.
Strange •euen the father of sinnes commeth short of his sonnes: and there be Atheists vpon earth when as there are none in hell. But they professe some religion among vs; it may be so; but they fit and square it to their owne humors: as that Giant dealt with his guests, for all whom he had but one bed; if they were too short for it, he rack'd them out longer; if too long, he cut them shorter.
But Insculptum est omnibus esse Deum: it is written in all hearts by the pen of nature that there is a God. It is not possible to get out these indelible characters. Say what they will, they would give much to be sure that the Scripture was not true. The discourse of reason confutes them. eAsk now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee. Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of GOD hath wrought this? Praesentemque refert qualibet herba Deum. The little pile of grass tells us, there is a God that made it. Besides, they have a conscience within them, Gods deputy in the soul, ⟨p. 364⟩which will speak for the Maker and Master, and be heard too. Qui negat esse Deum, mihi negat, et tibi, non sibi. Hee that denies there is a God, denies it to me, and to thee, but never to himself. You may sooner pull his heart out of his breast, then this conception out of his heart. Thus is their leaven tossed back into their own teeth: they will not now acknowledge this; they shall one day feel this. Oculos quos culpa clausit, poena aperiet: the eyes which Atheism hath shut, damnation shall open. This is a cursed Leaven.