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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.
For the first; what this death is; it consists ⟨p. 54⟩§1in two things. First, in death there is a privation of life: then a man is dead, when as the soul is separated from the body: so a man is spiritually dead, when as the soul is separated from the quickening spirit of Grace, and righteousness:1 This is all our cases, In us there dwells no good, there is no Spirit of life within us: the Soul is so out of order, that the spirit is weary of it and forsakes it. When the body grows distempered and unfit for the Soul to use, then the Soul leaves it. Even as when the instrument is quite out of tune, a man lays it aside; whiles it is in tune he plays on it: So a man dwells in a house as long as it is habitable and fit to dwell in, but when it becomes unhabitable he departs: so, as long as the body is a fit organ for the soul, it keeps it; when it becomes unfit, it leaves it. Even so the holy Ghost lives in the soul of man, as long as it is in good temper, but being distempered by sin, the holy Ghost removes. You may see it in Adam ▪ as soon as he did eat of the forbidden fruit, the holy Ghost left him, and he lost his Original righteousness.
For the first; what this death is; it consists ⟨p. 54⟩§1in two things. First, in death there is a privation of life: then a man is dead, when as the soule is separated from the body: so a man is spiritually dead, when as the soule is separated from the quickning spirit of Grace, and righteousnesse:1 This is all our cases, In us there dwels no good, there is no Spirit of life within us: the Soule is so out of order, that the spirit is weary of it and forsakes it. When the body growes distempered and unfit for the Soule to use, then the Soule leaves it. Even as when the instrument is quite out of tune, a man layes it aside; whiles it is in tune he plaies on it: So a man dwels in a house as long as it is habitable and fit to dwell in, but when it becomes unhabitable he departs: so, as long as the body is a fit organ for the soule, it keepes it; when it becomes unfit, it leaves it. Even so the holy Ghost lives in the soule of man, as long as it is in good temper, but being distempered by sinne, the holy Ghost removes. You may see it in Adam as soone as hee did eate of the forbidden fruite, the holy Ghost left him, and he lost his Originall righteounes.