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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. › The Effect.FAITHS ENCOVRAGEMENT. › The Effect.
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But now wouldest thou know thy self thus interested? look to thy faith, this is thy proof. If a rich man die, and bequeath all his riches and possessions to the next of blood; many may challenge it, but he that hath the best proof carries it. To Christs Legacy thou layest claim, look to thy proof: it is not, tLord, Lord, I have prophesied in thy Name: nor, uWe have feasted in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets: but xI believe, Lord, help my unbelief; and then thou shalt hear, Be it unto thee according to thy faith. And this a little faith doth, if it be true. There is a faith like a grain of mustard seed; small, but true: little, but bite it, and there is heat in it: faith warms where ever it goes. In a word, this is not the faith of explication, but of Application, that is dignified with the honour of this conveyance.
But now wouldest thou know thy selfe thus interessed? looke to thy faith, this is thy proofe. If a rich man die, and bequeath all his riches and possessions to the next of bloud; many may challenge it, but he that hath the best proofe carries it. To Christs Legacy thou layest claime, looke to thy proofe: it is not, tLord, Lord, I haue prophecied in thy Name: nor, uWe haue feasted in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets: but xI beleeue, Lord, helpe my vnbeleefe; and then thou shalt heare, Bee it vnto thee according to thy faith. And this a little faith doth, if it bee true. There is a faith like a graine of mustard seede; small, but true: little, but bite it, and there is heate in it: faith warmes where euer it goes. In a word, this is not the faith of explication, but of Application, that is dignified with the honor of this conueyance.