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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
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 Sum of the chief points contained in the Treatise of Self-denial.
The Summe of the chiefe points contained in the Treatise of Selfe-deniall.
Out of Christ, we are dead men, 185 By Christ we gain life eternal, 186 What we must do for Christ, viz, Deny our selves, take up our cross, &c. ibid Whosoever will have benefit by Christ, must follow him. ibid Two main impediments that hinder men from following Christ. ibid Whosoever will be saved by Christ, must deny himself. p. 187 What it is to deny our selves, p. 188 What our self is, ibid Why corruption of nature is reckoned a mans self. p. 189 In every man there are two selves, ibid Reasons of Self-denial, p. 190 God will not bind us to that which is simply unpossible. p. 191 A man may lawfully love himself, p. 192 To deny our selves, is to deny every sin, stock and branch, p. 193 ⟨image 7⟩We cannot follow God and the world both. 194 No happiness to be found out of God. 198 Great equity in denying our selves. 199 The fruits of the flesh, and of the Spirit. 201 How prone our nature is to do evil. ib. And how we may know it. 202 How to try, whether we have interest in Christ, or no. 204 How to know whether we deny our selves. 207 Means to deny our selves. 208 God multiplies comforts to them that deny themselves. 209 In cleaving to God, we must leave the care and custody of other things unto him. 210 The right knowledge of Christ, makes us deny our selves. 211 The manner how we should deny our selves. 212 The ways of God are full of Crosses. 215 And the reasons thereof. 216 The ways of God have much difficulty in them, and the reasons thereof. 217 Yet the ways of God are pleasant to any man that is upright. 220 Reasons why difficulty in Gods ways, should not discourage any man therefrom. 221 We must make account before hand, and prepare for troubles before they come. 223 It is not the way to heaven that most men go. 225 What causeth persecution to follow the Gospel. 226 If we suffer not in Gods cause for well doing, we