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Four godly and learned treatises Entitled, I. A remedy against covetousness. II. An elegant…Foure godly and learned treatises Intituled, I. A remedy against covetousnesse. II. An elegant…
Four godly and learned treatises Entitled, I. A remedy against covetousness. II. An elegant and lively description of spiritual death and life. III. The doctrine of self-denial. IV. Upon the sacrament of the Lords Supper. Delivered in sundry sermons, by that late famous preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory, John Preston, Doctor of Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty; master of Emanuel College, and sometime preacher of Lincolns Inn.Foure godly and learned treatises Intituled, I. A remedy against covetousnesse. II. An elegant and lively description of spirituall death and life. III. The doctrine of selfe-deniall. IV. Vpon the sacrament of the Lords Supper. Delivered in sundry sermons, by that late famous preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory, Iohn Preston, Doctor of Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinarie to his Majestie; master of Emanuel Colledge, and sometime preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by Thomas for Michael Sparke, 1633
COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousness which is Idolatry.COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousnesse which is Idolatrie.
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Thirdly, what ye may not pray for, that ye may not desire to seek after: but we may not pray for superfluities. Prov. 30.8. Give me neither Poverty nor Riches, feed me with food convenient for me, not with superfluities: And in the Lords Prayer we are taught not to pray for superfluities,1 but, Give us this day our daily bread, that is, as much as is necessary for us, and no more: therefore we may not desire it. The seeking of more than is necessary doth hinder us, and not further us; a shoo that is too big, doth hinder a traveller, as well as one that is too little.
Thirdly, what yee may not pray for, that ye may not desire to seeke after: but we may not pray for superfluities. Prov. 30.8. Give me neither Poverty nor Riches, feed me with food convenient for me, not with superfluities: And in the Lords Prayer we are taught not to pray for superfluities,1 but, Give vs this day our daily bread, that is, as much as is necessarie for us, and no more: therefore we may not desire it. The seeking of more than is necessary doth hinder us, and not further us; a shooe that is too big, doth hinder a traveller, as well as one that is too little.
Fourthly, it is dangerous, for it doth choke the word, and drown men in perdition: therefore it is Agurs Prayer, Prov. 30.8.9. Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me; least I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? Fullness and excess is always dangerous: full tables do cause surfeits, full cups make a strong brain giddy. The strongest Saints hath been shaken with prosperity and excess, as David, Hezekiah, Solomon; they sinned by reason of excess in outward things. It is dangerous to be rich, therefore it is Davids counsel,