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A01956 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 ... Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653. 1619 (1619) STC 121; ESTC S100417 558,918 846

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d conscience_n chide_v for_o choose_v evil_a and_o approve_v for_o do_v good_a the_o one_o make_v the_o proposition_n the_o other_o the_o assumption_n 2._o the_o other_o point_n to_o be_v discuss_v be_v whether_o the_o breach_n of_o this_o law_n do_v condemn_v some_o object_n that_o it_o be_v quite_o blot_v out_o of_o man_n therefore_o can_v bind_v he_o no_o question_n it_o be_v much_o obscure_v in_o respect_n both_o of_o intellectual_a and_o effectual_a faculty_n for_o understand_v it_o grope_v 27._o ifhap_o it_o may_v feel_v after_o god_n adam_n have_v the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a by_o experience_n of_o evil_a only_a by_o contemplation_n but_o fall_v he_o have_v also_o a_o experimental_a knowledge_n of_o evil_a for_o affection_n man_n will_n be_v so_o perverse_a that_o when_o as_o natural_o he_o desire_v to_o be_v happy_a yet_o he_o wiil_o commit_v those_o thing_n against_o his_o first_o intendment_n that_o make_v he_o most_o unhappy_a as_o a_o thief_n steal_v to_o keep_v himself_o from_o famine_n and_o so_o from_o misery_n thus_o ne_fw-fr miser_n fit_a malus_fw-la fit_a &_o ideo_fw-la miserior_fw-la quia_fw-la malus_fw-la lest_o he_o shall_v be_v wretched_a he_o become_v wicked_a and_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o wretched_a by_o be_v wicked_a beatus_fw-la vult_fw-la esse_fw-la h●…mo_fw-la etiam_fw-la non_fw-la sic_fw-la vivendo_fw-la ut_fw-la possit_fw-la aug._n esse_fw-la man_n seek_v for_o blessedness_n in_o all_o place_n but_o where_o it_o be_v yea_o custom_n bring_v this_o will_n to_o contempt_n of_o sin_n peccata_fw-la quamuis_fw-la ho●…renda_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o consu●…tudinem_fw-la venerint_fw-la creduntur_fw-la parua_fw-la aut_fw-la nulla_fw-la aug._n sin_n horrid_a and_o uncouth_a at_o first_o become_v trivial_a and_o familiar_a by_o practice_n thus_o be_v this_o natural_a light_n dim_v and_o overcast_v by_o the_o corruption_n of_o prosperous_a lust_n yet_o ne_fw-la ipsa_fw-la quidem_fw-la delet_fw-la iniquitas_fw-la sin_n do_v 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for_o this_o do_v vex_v and_o sting_v the_o most_o obstinate_a soul_n by_o this_o cain_n be_v drive_v to_o confess_v the_o monstrousness_n of_o his_o sin_n 3._o the_o practice_n of_o natural_a man_n evince_v it_o who_o by_o force_n of_o nature_n perform_v some_o thing_n agreeable_a to_o equity_n 14._o the_o gentile_n have_v not_o the_o law_n do_v by_o nature_n the_o thing_n contain_v in_o the_o law_n the_o very_a gentile_n have_v many_o excellent_a politic_a law_n and_o positive_a constitution_n this_o seem_v to_o clear_v the_o meaning_n of_o plato_n two_o assertion_n legem_fw-la esse_fw-la inventionem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la that_o be_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n legem_fw-la esse_fw-la imitationem_fw-la veritatis_fw-la such_o be_v the_o positive_a decree_n ground_v upon_o the_o other_o but_o what_o precept_n do_v this_o law_n contain_v and_o what_o remnant_n of_o it_o do_v man_n retain_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n command_v man_n to_o live_v religious_o to_o god_n above_o he_o just_o to_o 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discourse_n man_n regard_v himself_o by_o the_o power_n of_o worship_n man_n respect_v god_n if_o we_o shall_v examine_v the_o particular_a commandment_n 1._o they_o acknowledge_v one_o god_n t●…lly_o protest_v that_o when_o he_o write_v serious_o he_o mention_v but_o one_o god_n and_o he_o do_v but_o ludere_fw-la play_v the_o poet_n when_o he_o speak_v of_o more_o moses_n call_v this_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 2._o numa_n pompilius_n judge_v it_o unlawful_a to_o ascribe_v any_o form_n to_o god_n invisible_a 3._o they_o dare_v indeed_o play_v with_o their_o puppet_n imaginary_a god_n venus_n and_o cupid_n etc._n etc._n but_o for_o the_o deity_n o_o may_v not_o the_o reverence_n of_o his_o unknown_a name_n condemn_v we_o they_o cry_v out_o great_a be_v their_o diana_n this_o vindicate_v they_o from_o vilipend_v the_o name_n if_o they_o have_v know_v a_o great_a god_n they_o will_v have_v give_v great_a reverence_n to_o his_o name_n 4._o diverse_a of_o the_o gentile_n have_v their_o sabbaoth_n mingle_v with_o strange_a superstition_n but_o they_o be_v teach_v by_o nature_n to_o set_v apart_o some_o time_n for_o worship_n 5._o they_o command_v and_o commend_v honour_n to_o parent_n solon_n ordain_v no_o law_n for_o parricide_n answer_v there_o be_v none_o so_o unnatural_a for_o to_o attempt_v it_o 6._o that_o murder_n be_v hold_v abominable_a appear_v by_o their_o punish_v it_o according_a to_o god_n law_n with_o death_n 7._o that_o adultery_n be_v odious_a it_o be_v manifest_a by_o pharaoh_n 19_o why_o say_v thou_o she_o be_v my_o sister_n so_o i_o may_v have_v take_v she_o to_o i_o to_o wife_n by_o abimelech_n to_o abraham_n 9_o what_o have_v i_o offend_v thou_o that_o thou_o have_v bring_v on_o i_o and_o my_o kingdom_n a_o great_a sin_n by_o abimelech_n to_o isaac_n 10._o what_o be_v this_o thou_o have_v do_v unto_o we_o one_o may_v have_v lyen_fw-we with_o thy_o wife_n and_o thou_o shall_v have_v bring_v guiltiness_n upon_o us._n 8._o theft_n some_o punish_v with_o death_n other_o with_o double_a restitution_n cato_n be_v ask_v quid_fw-la foenerari_fw-la what_o it_o be_v to_o practice_v usury_n answer_v quid_fw-la hominem_fw-la ●…ccidere_fw-la the_o same_o that_o to_o kill_v a_o man_n 9_o they_o so_o hate_v and_o avoid_v falsehood_n and_o lie_v that_o they_o will_v not_o suffer_v a_o man_n to_o be_v witness_n against_o his_o enemy_n 10._o they_o think_v it_o unlawful_a to_o covet_v other_o man_n good_n one_o of_o they_o say_v concupiscere_fw-la alien●…_n sit_fw-la à_fw-la i_o alienat●…_n but_o now_o their_o natural_a knowledge_n be_v so_o obscure_v shall_v yet_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n condemn_v yes_o for_o 20._o the_o invisible_a thing_n of_o god_n may_v be_v understand_v by_o the_o thing_n that_o be_v make_v so_o that_o they_o be_v without_o excuse_n god_n can_v not_o be_v apprehend_v by_o they_o any_o other_o way_n then_o by_o nature_n yet_o sin_v against_o he_o they_o be_v without_o excuse_n 25._o pour_v out_o thy_o fury_n upon_o the_o heathen_a that_o know_v thou_o not_o 6._o and_o upon_o the_o kingdom_n that_o have_v not_o call_v on_o thy_o name_n 8._o he_o shall_v come_v in_o flame_a fire_n take_v vengeance_n on_o they_o that_o know_v not_o god_n by_o this_o shall_v many_o million_o of_o man_n be_v condemn_v inexcusabilis_fw-la oft_o omnis_fw-la peccator_fw-la vel_fw-la reat●…_n originis_fw-la original_a guilt_n make_v we_o inexcusable_a without_o voluntary_a additament_n aug._n ignorantia_fw-la ●…ius_fw-la qui_fw-la ●…oluit_fw-la intelligere_fw-la est_fw-la peccantis_fw-la culpa_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la eius_fw-la qui_fw-la no●…_n potuit_fw-la intelligere_fw-la est_fw-la peccati_fw-la p●…na_fw-la in_o virisque_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la iusta_fw-la ●…xcusatio_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la iusta_fw-la dam●…atio_fw-la his_o ignorance_n that_o will_v not_o understand_v be_v the_o wickedness_n of_o sin_n his_o ignorance_n that_o can_v not_o understand_v be_v the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n do_v not_o this_o latter_a excuse_n yes_o a_o tanto_fw-la but_o not_o a_o toto_fw-la from_o so_o much_o guiltiness_n but_o not_o from_o all_o guiltiness_n ignorance_n can_v be_v no_o plea_n for_o all_o be_v bind_v to_o know_v it_o serve_v not_o a_o malefactor_n turn_n to_o plead_v ignor●…tiam_fw-la iuris_fw-la that_o he_o know_v not_o the_o law_n of_o his_o prince_n which_o he_o have_v break_v i_o know_v that_o simple_a nescience_n be_v minoris_fw-la culpae_fw-la but_o not_o nullae_fw-la a_o less_o fault_n not_o no_o fault_n the_o 47._o know_a servant_n disobedient_a shall_v have_v many_o stripe_n the_o ignorant_a be_v not_o spare_v though_o less_o punish_v to_o the_o ignorant_a be_v two_o want_n knowledge_n and_o a_o good_a will_n but_o he_o that_o sin_n witting_o have_v but_o one_o want_n only_o a_o good_a will_n he_o that_o fail_v on_o knowledge_n have_v voluntatem_fw-la facti_fw-la &_o peccati_fw-la a_o will_n both_o to_o the_o deed_n and_o to_o the_o sin_n he_o that_o fail_v in_o ignorance_n have_v only_o voluntatem_fw-la facti_fw-la non_fw-la peccati_fw-la a_o will_n of_o the_o deed_n not_o of_o the_o sin_n though_o the_o deed_n be_v a_o sin_n perer._n ignorantia_fw-la duplex_fw-la una_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la culpae_fw-la altera_fw-la cvius_fw-la causa_fw-la culpa_fw-la est_fw-la there_o be_v a_o ignorance_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o sin_n and_o there_o be_v a_o sin_n that_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o ignorance_n no_o ignorant_a have_v his_o sin_n mitigate_v but_o be_v solùm_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habuit_fw-la unde_fw-la discere_fw-la say_v august_n he_o only_o that_o have_v no_o mean_n of_o learning_n for_o christ_n be_v a_o just_a judge_n and_o will_v not_o condemn_v without_o fault_n we_o have_v all_o good_a mean_n of_o knowledge_n god_n keep_v we_o from_o the_o condemnation_n of_o ignorance_n the_o next_o book_n be_v the_o law_n that_o other_o shall_v be_v judge_v by_o this_o it_o be_v clear_a without_o question_n 12._o as_o many_o as_o have_v sin_v in_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v judge_v by_o the_o law_n the_o jew_n shall_v be_v thus_o judge_v rather_o than_o the_o gentile_n who_o have_v not_o the_o law_n write_v the_o law_n of_o moses_n do_v only_o bind_v the_o hebrew_n the_o prophet_n be_v not_o command_v to_o publish_v it_o to_o the_o gentile_n paul_n call_v the_o time_n before_o christ_n 30._o the_o time_n of_o ignorance_n and_o the_o gospel_n 25._o a_o mystery_n keep_v secret_a since_o the_o world_n begin_v now_o to_o object_n first_o that_o the_o jewish_a merchant_n teach_v other_o nation_n the_o law_n be_v vain_a for_o they_o be_v general_o more_o apt_a discere_fw-la religionem_fw-la alienam_fw-la quam_fw-la docere_fw-la svam_fw-la to_o learn_v false_a religion_n then_o to_o teach_v the_o true_a and_o many_o of_o they_o do_v not_o even_o by_o their_o own_o type_n and_o sacrifice_n perfect_o understand_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o christ._n then_o to_o say_v their_o book_n be_v 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