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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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As in the bodily Gangrene the part affected grows tumid and cadaverous, the colour fades and becomes blackish: So in the spiritual, the mind grows tumid & swelling: cVainly puffed up with a fleshly mind: the fair colour of profession gone: dwalking as enemies to the cross of Christ. We know how the heresy of Arrius did spread, when totus orbis ingemuit factum see videns Arrianum: the whole world groaned, feeling it self made (not Christian, but) Arian. There was a long disputation about two words; little differing in sound, much in sense, [Greek or Hebrew], and [Greek or Hebrew]. The Arians holding Christ like God in substance; the orthodox Christians holding him one with God in substance. O the world of ink and blood that was spent about this! The Pope rose by degrees: first above Bishops, then above Patriarchs, then above Councils, then above Kings, then above Scriptures, now last of all above GOD himself. So the Apostle speaks of Antichrist: eHe exalteth himself above all that is called God. From so poor a beginning he hath risen prettily for his time. Thus Popery crept up in the dark: like a thief putting out the lights, that it might more securely rob the house. Whiles it broached opinions, that like to sweet wines pleased the palate, it led many liquorish affections ⟨p. 369⟩to hell; not unlike the Butcher, who claws the Ox till he cuts his throat. Thus the leaven of heresy spreads.
As in the bodily Gangrene the part affected grows tumid and cadauerous, the colour fades and becomes blackish: So in the spirituall, the mind growes tumid & swelling: cVainely puft vp with a fleshly mind: the faire colour of profession gone: dvvalking as enemies to the crosse of Christ. We know how the heresie of Arrius did spread, when totus orbis ingemuit factum se videns Arrianum: the whole world groned, feeling it selfe made (not Christian, but) Arrian. There was a long disputation about tvvo words; little differing in sound, much in sense, , and . The Arrians holding Christ like God in substance; the orthodoxe Christians holding him one with God in substance. O the world of inke and bloud that was spent about this! The Pope rose by degrees: first aboue Bishops, then aboue Patriarches, then aboue Councells, then aboue Kings, then aboue Scriptures, now last of all aboue GOD himselfe. So the Apostle speakes of Antichrist: