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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.
1I answer, they may have excellencies, as a dead man may have Jewels and chains about him, yet they are dead: they have them, but yet they are as Jewels of gold in a Swines snout;2 they are as Swine, their good things make them not men; they are beautiful, yet they are but dead men; as the evil works of good men make them not bad men: so the good works of evil men, make them not good. Thus much for the signs of this Death.
1I answer, they may have excellencies, as a dead man may have Iewels and chaines about him, yet they are dead: they have them, but yet they are as Iewels of gold in a Swines snoute;2 they are as Swine, their good things make them not men; they are beautifull, yet they are but dead men; as the evill workes of good men make them not bad men: so the good workes of evill men, make them not good. Thus much for the signes of this Death.
- 1Answ.
- 2Prov 11.2•. 2 Pet. 2.22.
1We come now to the degrees of this death, in all these deaths there are degrees: First in the death of guilt, if you have had more means, the guilt is greater, if you make no ⟨p. 61⟩