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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.
Repentance must be to all dead works: sanctification takes liberty in no sin. Nullum peccatum retinendum spe remissionis. No evil must be reserved under the hope of forgiveness. God gave a Law, but no dispensation for any breach of it: his General rules have no exceptions, unless it please the Divine Oracle to dispense with it. Thou shalt not worship an Idol: no, not to save my life? Not to save life, as those three servants of God professed to Nebuchadnezzar. tIf the God we serve will not deliver us, yet we will not serve thy gods, nor worship thy golden image. Thou sayest, Minimum est, it is little: but in minimis fidelem esse, magnum est: to be faithful in a little, is no little virtue. uWell done, good servant: thou had been faithful in a little, therefore I will make thee ruler over much. He that is not careful in a little, is not to be trusted for more. If any man will corrupt his conscience for a pound, what would he do for a thousand? If Judas will sell his Master for thirty pence, about some 22. shillings of our money; what would he have sold for the Treasury? God never gave a Non obstante for sin. The Pope indeed gives Bulls and Indulgences, & Pardons for cursed works before their perpetration: but God never allows leave ⟨p. 396⟩to do ill. The Pope says, Kill an heretical King. God says, Touch him not: woe to that soul who takes the Popes word, before the Lords word. God charged a Prophet, that ahe should eat no bread, nor drink water in Bethel. Another Prophet came; saying, bAn Angel spake to me (blessed Angels speak truth: nay more, he spake) by the word of the Lord. Bring him back, that he may eat bread, and drink water. He did so, but mark the event: returning home, ca Lyon slew him by the way. Believe not a man, believe not a Pope, believe not a Prophet, believe not an Angel against the word of the Lord.
Repentance must be to all dead workes: sanctification takes liberty in no sinne. Nullum peccatum retinendum spe remissionis. No euill must be reserued vnder the hope of forgiuenesse. God gaue a Law, but no dispensation for any breach of it: his Generall rules haue no exceptions, vnlesse it please the Diuine Oracle to dispense vvith it. Thou shalt not worship an Idoll: no, not to saue my life? Not to saue life, as those three seruants of God professed to Nebuchadnezzar.