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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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have_v speed_v the_o better_a for_o other_o man_n faith_n so_o the_o centurion_n servant_n be_v heal_v for_o his_o master_n sake_n 13._o as_o thou_o have_v believe_v so_o be_v it_o do_v unto_o thou_o but_o for_o the_o salvation_n of_o the_o reprobate_n 1._o though_o moses_n and_o samuel_n stand_v before_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n yet_o my_o mind_n can_v not_o be_v towards_o such_o people_n 14._o though_o noah_n daniel_n and_o job_n intercede_v yet_o they_o shall_v deliver_v but_o their_o own_o soul_n by_o their_o righteousness_n pious_a man_n faith_n may_v often_o save_v other_o from_o temporal_a calamity_n but_o it_o must_v be_v their_o own_o faith_n that_o save_v they_o from_o eternal_a vengeance_n lut●…_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v there_o be_v great_a divinity_n in_o pronoun_n thy_o faith_n one_o
antichrist_n fill_v hell_n and_o his_o own_o coffer_n the_o light_n that_o must_v bring_v we_o out_o be_v jesus_n christ_n 9_o which_o light_v every_o man_n that_o come_v into_o the_o world_n and_o his_o 105_o word_n be_v a_o la●…pe_n unto_o our_o foot_n and_o a_o light_n unto_o our_o path_n thus_o you_o see_v there_o be_v many_o place_n to_o be_v lose_v in_o but_o one_o way_n to_o be_v find_v and_o that_o be_v this_o the_o son_n of_o man_n be_v come_v to_o seek_v and_o to_o save_v that_o be_v lose_v o_o jesus_n turn_v our_o wander_a step_n into_o the_o narrow_a way_n of_o righteousness_n come_v to_o we_o that_o we_o may_v be_v seek_v seek_v we_o that_o we_o may_v be_v find_v find_v we_o that_o we_o may_v be_v save_v save_v we_o that_o we_o may_v be_v bless_v and_o bless_v thy_o name_n for_o ever_o amen_n a_o generation_n of_o serpent_n or_o the_o poison_n of_o wickedness_n psal._n 58._o 4._o their_o poison_n be_v like_o the_o poison_n of_o a_o serpent_n like_o the_o deaf_a adder_n that_o stop_v her_o ear_n this_o verse_n spend_v itself_o on_o a_o double_a comparison_n of_o person_n condition_n the_o person_n compare_v be_v man_n and_o serpent_n the_o condition_n or_o quality_n upon_o which_o the_o similitude_n stand_v be_v poison_n and_o deafness_n the_o former_a whereof_o be_v indefinite_a their_o poison_n be_v as_o the_o poison_n of_o a_o serpent_n any_o serpent_n the_o latter_a be_v restrictive_a their_o deafness_n be_v like_o the_o adder_n one_o kind_n of_o serpent_n i_o will_v begin_v with_o the_o condition_n for_o if_o the_o same_o quality_n be_v find_v in_o man_n that_o be_v in_o serpent_n there_o will_v follow_v fit_o too_o fit_o a_o comparison_n of_o their_o person_n the_o first_o quality_n here_o ascribe_v to_o the_o wicked_a by_o the_o psalmist_n be_v poison_n there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o poison_n but_o where_o to_o be_v find_v vbi_fw-la cumque_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_fw-la homine_fw-la quis_fw-la quareret_fw-la wheresoever_o it_o be_v in_o man_n who_o will_v look_v for_o it_o god_n make_v man_n body_n of_o the_o dust_n he_o mingle_v no_o poison_n with_o it_o he_o inspire_v his_o soul_n from_o heaven_n he_o breathe_v no_o poison_n with_o it_o he_o feed_v he_o with_o bread_n he_o convey_v no_o poison_n with_o it_o vnde_fw-la venenum_fw-la whence_o be_v this_o poison_n 27._o do_v not_o thou_o o_o lord_n sow_v good_a seed_n in_o thy_o field_n vnde_fw-la zizaniae_fw-la from_o whence_o then_o have_v it_o tare_n whence_o hoc_fw-la fecit_fw-la inimicus_fw-la the_o enemy_n have_v do_v this_o we_o may_v perceive_v the_o devil_n in_o it_o that_o great_a serpent_n the_o red_a dragon_n have_v pour_v into_o wicked_a heart_n this_o poison_n his_o own_o poison_n malitiam_fw-la wickedness_n cum_fw-la infundit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la infundit_fw-la venenum_fw-la when_o he_o pour_v in_o sin_n he_o pour_v in_o poison_n sin_n be_v poison_n original_a pravitie_n be_v call_v corruption_n actual_a poison_n the_o violence_n and_o virulence_n of_o this_o venomous_a quality_n come_v not_o at_o first_o nemo_n fit_a repent_v pessimus_fw-la no_o man_n become_v worst_a at_o first_o dash_n we_o be_v bear_v corrupt_a we_o have_v make_v ourselves_o poysonus_n there_o be_v three_o degree_n as_o it_o be_v so_o many_o age_n in_o sin_n 1._o secret_a sin_n a_o ulcer_n lie_v in_o the_o bone_n but_o skin_v over_o with_o hypocrisy_n 2._o open_v sin_n burst_v forth_o into_o manifest_a villainy_n the_o former_a be_v corruption_n the_o second_o eruption_n 3._o frequent_v and_o confirm_v sin_n and_o that_o be_v rank_n poison_n enveneme_v soul_n and_o body_n when_o it_o be_v impostumate_v to_o this_o ripeness_n and_o rankness_n it_o impudent_o justify_v wickedness_n for_o goodness_n venenum_fw-la pro_fw-la nutrimento_fw-la poison_n for_o nutriment_n it_o feed_v on_o swallow_n digest_v sin_n as_o if_o it_o be_v nourishment_n as_o hemlock_n be_v good_a meat_n for_o goat_n and_o spider_n for_o monkey_n it_o despise_v all_o reproof_n 1._o sit_v in_o the_o scorner_n chair_n which_o for_o the_o poison_n be_v call_v by_o divine_n sedes_fw-la pestilentiae_fw-la the_o seat_n of_o pestilence_n peccator_fw-la cum_fw-la in_o profundum_fw-la venerit_fw-la contemnet_fw-la when_o a_o wicked_a man_n come_v to_o the_o depth_n and_o worst_a of_o sin_n ●…hee_o despise_v then_o the_o hebrew_n will_v despise_v moses_n 14._o who_o make_v thou_o a_o prince_n and_o a_o judge_n over_o we_o then_o ahab_n will_v quarrel_v with_o micheah_n because_o he_o do_v not_o 18._o prophecy_n good_a unto_o he_o every_o child_n in_o bethel_n will_v mock_v elisha_n and_o be_v bold_a to_o call_v he_o 23._o bald_a pate_n here_o be_v a_o original_a drop_n of_o veneme_n swell_v to_o a_o main_a ocean_n of_o poison_n as_o one_o drop_n of_o some_o serpent_n poison_n light_v on_o the_o hand_n get_v into_o the_o vein_n and_o so_o spread_v itself_o over_o all_o the_o body_n till_o it_o have_v stifle_v the_o vital_a spirit_n in_o this_o poison_n there_o be_v a_o double_a pestilent_a effect_n inficit_fw-la interficit_fw-la it_o be_v to_o themselves_o death_n to_o other_o a_o contagious_a sickness_n to_o themselves_o it_o be_v a_o epidemical_a corruption_n disperse_v the_o venom_n over_o all_o part_n of_o body_n and_o soul_n it_o poison_v the_o heart_n with_o falsehood_n the_o head_n with_o lightness_n the_o eye_n with_o adultery_n the_o tongue_n with_o blasphemy_n the_o hand_n with_o oppression_n the_o whole_a body_n with_o intemperance_n it_o poison_n beauty_n with_o wantonness_n strength_n with_o violence_n wit_n with_o wilfulness_n learn_v with_o dissension_n devotion_n with_o superstition_n religion_n with_o treason_n if_o they_o be_v great_a gift_n it_o poison_v they_o with_o pride_n put_v cantharides_n into_o the_o oile-pot_n if_o mean_o it_o poison_v they_o with_o hypocrisy_n put_v colocinthis_n into_o the_o porridge-pot_n and_o where_o the_o cantharides_n of_o pride_n or_o coloquintida_n of_o hypocrisy_n be_v there_o be_v venenum_fw-la &_o exitium_fw-la poison_n and_o death_n this_o poison_n fast_o than_o a_o gangrene_n run_v from_o joint_n to_o joint_n as_o a_o enemy_n take_v fort_n after_o fort_n till_o he_o have_v win_v the_o whole_a country_n 1._o it_o be_v in_o the_o thought_n the_o 5._o imagination_n be_v full_a of_o poison_n every_o evil_a thought_n be_v not_o thus_o poisonous_a there_o be_v malum_fw-la innatum_fw-la and_o inseminatum_fw-la say_v bernard_n a_o evil_a breed_v in_o we_o and_o a_o evil_n sow_v in_o us._n sin_n like_o weed_n will_v grow_v fast_o enough_o without_o sow_v but_o qui_fw-la 〈◊〉_d he_o that_o 8._o sow_n to_o the_o flesh_n shall_v of_o the_o flesh_n reap_v corruption_n he_o that_o shall_v sow_v this_o venomous_a seed_n poison_v his_o soul_n 14._o cleanse_v thy_o heart_n from_o iniquity_n that_o thou_o may_v be_v save_v how_o long_o shall_v thy_o vain_a thought_n lodge_v within_o thou_o lodge_n he_o do_v not_o speak_v of_o transient_a but_o permanent_a sin_n such_o as_o 1._o meditate_v mischief_n study_n to_o be_v naught_o who_o imagination_n suck_v poison_n out_o of_o every_o object_n yea_o though_o it_o be_v good_a as_o the_o spider_n suck_v poison_n from_o the_o sweet_a flower_n vanish_v thought_n that_o pass_v through_o a_o good_a man_n without_o approbation_n not_o without_o suppression_n be_v proper_o nec_fw-la mors_fw-la nec_fw-la morbus_fw-la animae_fw-la sed_fw-la deformitas_fw-la neither_o the_o disease_n nor_o death_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o deformity_n they_o be_v im●…issae_n satan_n dart_n shoot_v through_o we_o in_o cord_n non_fw-fr de_fw-fr cord_n in_o the_o heart_n not_o of_o the_o heart_n which_o the_o godly_a sentiunt_fw-la non_fw-la consentiunt_fw-la feel_v but_o give_v no_o like_n to_o they_o be_v our_o cross_n not_o our_o sin_n such_o a_o thought_n be_v but_o morbus_fw-la mentis_fw-la the_o disease_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o other_o morsus_fw-la serpentis_fw-la the_o wound_n or_o poison_v of_o the_o serpent_n the_o allow_v filthy_a 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