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The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December,…The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December,…
The sacrifice of thankfulness A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed five other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; never before printed. ...The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...
London: printed by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, 1616
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THE THREE DIVINE SISTERS. › CharityTHE THREE DIVINE SISTERS. › Charitie
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.
The subordinate object of love, is man: and his love, is the effect of the former cause; and an actual demonstration of the other inward affection. Waters coming from the sea, boil through the veins of the earth, till they become springs, and those springs rivers, and those rivers run back to the sea again. All mans love must be carried in the stream of Gods love. Blessed is he that loves Amicum in Domino, inimicum pro Domino; his friend in the Lord, his enemy for the Lord. Rom. 13.1 Owe nothing to any man, but this, that ye love one another. Other debts, once truly paid, are no more due: but this debt, the more we ⟨p. 11⟩pay it, the more we owe it; and we still do acknowledge our selves debtors to all, when we are clear with all; proverbially: I owe him nothing but love. The communication of this riches doth not impoverish the proprietary: the more he spends of his stock, the more he hath.2 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. But he that will hoard the treasure of his Charity, shall grow poor, empty, and bankrupt. There is that withholdeth more then is meet, but it tendeth unto poverty. Love is the abridgement of the Law, the new precept of the Gospel. Luther calls it the shortest, and the longest Divinity: short for the form of words; long, yea, everlasting for the use and practise; for Charity shall never cease.
The subordinate obiect of loue, is man: and his loue, is the effect of the former cause; and an actuall demonstration of the other inward affection. Waters comming from the sea, boyle through the veines of the earth, till they become springs, and those springs riuers, and those riuers runne backe to the sea againe. All mans loue must be carried in the streame of Gods loue. Blessed is hee that loues Amicum in Domino, inimicum pro Domino; his friend in the Lord, his enemy for the Lord. Rom. 13.1 Owe nothing to any man, but this, that yee loue one another. Other debts, once truely payde, are no more due: but this debt, the more we