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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.
1But it will be objected, that though men by nature have nothing left, yet there is now an universal ability and grace, an universal sufficiency given unto them.
1But it will be objected, that though men by nature have nothing left, yet there is now an universall ability and grace, an universall sufficiency given unto them.
- 1Object.Obiect.
1To this I answer, that that which they call universal grace, is the same thing that nature is, but they put another term upon it; it is found in nature, and common to all wherever it is, therefore it cannot be grace. For in grace there is always something that is peculiar.
1To this I answer, that that which they call universall grace, is the same thing that nature is, but they put another tearme upon it; it is found in nature, and common to all wherever it is, therefore it cannot be grace. For in grace there is alwayes something that is peculiar.
- 1Answ.
Secondly, if there should be an universal grace, the Saints would be no more beholding to God, than other men; if God give all alike to all, it should not be God, but themselves that put the difference.