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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
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1. Gods judgement and mans do not concur: the Samaritans were condemned of the Jews, yet here nine Jews are condemned by one Samaritan. They that seem best to the world, are often the worst to God: they that are best to God, seem worst to the world. When the Moon is lightest to the earth, she is darkest to heaven: when she is lightest to heaven, she is darkest to the earth. So often men most glorious to the world, ⟨p. 403⟩are obscurest to the divine approbation: others obscure to the worlds acknowledgement, are principally respected in Gods favour. Man would have cleared the Pharisee, and condemned the Publican, when they both appeared in the Temple together; the one as it were in the Quire, the other in the Belfry. But Christs judgement is, that the Publican udeparted rather justified. The Jews thought, that if but 2. men in the world were saved, the one should be a Scribe, the other a Pharisee: But Christ saith, neither of them both shall come there. xYou shall see others in the Kingdom of heaven, and you your selves thrust out. Some like the Moon are greater or less by the Sun of mens estimation. Samuel was mistaken yin Eliab, Abinadab and Shammah: for the Lord had chosen David. Isaac preferred Esau, but God preferred Jacob: and made the father give the blessing to that son, to whom he least meant it. All this justifies that, amy thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, •aith the Lord.
1. Gods iudgement and mans do not concurre: the Samaritans were condemned of the Iewes, yet here nine Iewes are condemned by one Samaritan. They that seeme best to the world, are often the worst to God: they that are best to God, seeme worst to the world. When the Moone is lightest to the earth, she is darkest to heauen: when she is lightest to heauen, she is darkest to the earth. So often men most glorious to the world, ⟨p. 403⟩