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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
FAITHS ENCOURAGEMENT. › Arise,FAITHS ENCOVRAGEMENT. › Arise,
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Arise,
1. It is Christ that gives the Surge which reviveth us: we can never stir from the seat of impiety, till ⟨p. 409⟩he bids us Arise. dNo man can come to me, except the Father draw him. The Spirit of Christ must draw us out of the black and miry pit of iniquity; as eEbedmelech drew Jeremiah out of the dungeon: We cannot arise of our selves; Nature hath no foot, that can make one true step toward heaven: fThat which is borne of the flesh, is flesh: not fleshly in the concrete, but flesh in the abstract. We cannot speak, unless he open our lips. God says to the Prophet, gCry. What shall I cry? the Spirit must give the word; All flesh is grass, &c. We cannot stand, unless he gives us feet: hSon of man, stand upon thy feet: alas, he cannot, but ver. 2. The Spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet. We cannot see except he gives us eyes. Intelligite, insipientes, Be wise, O ye fools: Alas, they cannot: but Da mihi intellectum, do thou, O Lord, give them wisdom. i