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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.
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⟩use of them.2 The Gentiles they shall only be condemned for breaking the Law of nature, because they knew no other Law; The Jews they shall be condemned for sinning against the Law of nature, and the Law of Moses, they had a double Law, and shall be condemned for the breach of it; Christians having a treble Law, the Gospel, the Law of nature, the moral Law, shall be condemned for all three,; and among all Christians, such as have had more means, and better education, the greater shall their punishment be.
1We come now to the degrees of this death, in all these deathes there are degrees: First in the death of guilt, if you have had more meanes, the guilt is greater, if you make no ⟨p. 61⟩use of them.2 The Gentiles they shall onely be condemned for breaking the Law of nature, because they knew no other Law; The Iewes they shall be condemned for sinning against the Law of nature, and the Law of Moses, they had a double Law, and shall be condemned for the breach of it; Christians having a treble Law, the Gospell, the Law of nature, the morrall Law, shall be condemned for all three,; and among all Christians, such as have had more meanes, and better education, the greater shall their punishment be.
- 1The degrees of Spiritual death.The degrees of Spirituall death.
- 2Rom. 2.12.13, 14, 15, 16