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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 ...
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FAITHS ENCOURAGEMENT. › Arise,FAITHS ENCOVRAGEMENT. › Arise,
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Arise, lest God coming, and finding thee down, strike thee lower. From him that hath not, shall be taken away that he seemed to have. Pauper ubique tacet, is a Proverb more plentifully true in a mystical, then temporal poverty. We say, Qui jacet in terris, non habet unde cadat: he that lies on the ground, hath no lower a descent to fall to: yes, there is a lower place. Judas found a lower fall then the earth, when he departed ⟨p. 412⟩In locum suum, ainto his own place. Such was that great Monarchs fall, bHow art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer? how art thou cut down to the ground? This was a great descent, from heaven to earth. But, ver. 15. Thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit: This was a greater descent, from heaven to hell. We esteem it a great fall (ceremonially) from a Throne to a Prison: and the devil meant it a great fall (locally) from the Pinnacle to the ground: But there is Abyssus inferna, a lower precipice. David begins a Psalm of prayer, De profundis; cOut of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. But there is a depth of depths; and out of that deep there is no rising. Arise now, lest you fall into that deep then.
Arise, lest God comming, and finding thee downe, strike thee lower. From him that hath not, shall bee taken away that he seemed to haue. Pauper vbique tacet, is a Prouerbe more plentifully true in a mysticall, then temporall pouerty. We say, Qui iacet in terris, non habet vnde cadat: hee that lies on the ground, hath no lower a descent to fall to: yes, there is a lower place. Iudas found a lower fall then the earth, when hee departed ⟨p. 412⟩In locum suum, ainto his owne place. Such was that great Monarchs fall, bHow art thou fallen from heauen, O Lucifer? how art thou cut downe to the ground? This was a great descent, from heauen to earth. But, ver. 15. Thou shalt be brought downe to hell, to the sides of the pit: This was a greater descent, from heauen to hell. Wee esteeme it a great fall (ceremonially) from a Throne to a Prison: and the deuill meant it a great fall (locally) from the Pinacle to the ground: But there is Abyssus inferna, a lower precipice. Dauid beginnes a Psalme of prayer, De profundis;