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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.
3. Sour to the Saints: the Church is our Mother, and she laments to see any child of her womb averse from goodness. Therefore as a loving Mother, whose husband was slain for the safety of her self & children; if she sees any child transgress the rules, and break her husbands Testament; she tells them of their Fathers kindness: she describes his deadly wounds and ghastly looks: and to make their facts more odious, she showeth some garment of his embrued with blood. So the Church often offers to our considerations, how Christ her dear Love and Lord was betrayed, condemned, crucified: tells us, our sins have done this; that they were the Judas betraying, the Herod mocking, the Pilate condemning, the Longinus wounding, the band of Jews re-crucifying Christ. Now as D•do adjured departing Aeneas; Per ego te has lacrymas, &c. Per si quid unquam Dulce fuit nobis, horum miserere laborum. So our Mother entreats us, (yet entreating is too low a phrase for a Mother) per talem cruorem, per tantum amorem; by so precious blood, and by so gracious love, to sin no more; at least to abhor such precipices of sin; and forbear (as it were) to choke him with such cursed Leavens.
3. Sowre to the Saints: the Church is our Mother, and shee laments to see any childe of her wombe auerse from goodnes. Therefore as a louing Mother, whose husband was slaine for the safety of her selfe & children; if she sees any childe transgresse the rules, and breake her husbands Testament; she tels them of their Fathers kindnesse: she describes his deadly wounds and gastly lookes: and to make their facts more odious, shee sheweth some garment of his embrued with bloud. So the Church often offers to our considerations, how Christ her deare Loue and Lord was betrayed, condemned, crucified: tels vs, our sinnes haue done this; that they were the Iudas betraying, the Herod mocking, the Pilate condemning, the Longinus wounding, the band of Iewes re-crucifying Christ. Now as D•do adiur'd departing Aeneas; Per ego te has lacrymas, &c. Per si quid vnquam Dulce fuit nobis, horum miserere laborum. So our Mother intreats vs, (yet intreating is too low a phrase for a Mother) per talem cruorem, per tantum amorem; by so precious bloud, and by so gracious loue, to sinne no more; at least to abhor such precipices of sinne; and forbeare (as it were) to choake him with such cursed Leauens.