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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.
Secondly, if Christ live in you, your hearts cleave to him, as to the Principle of life, as the child to the dug, or the element to its natural place. What ever our life is, we cleave to it: Some place their life in their credit, take away it, and they die: others in riches; take away them, and they perish. What ever is your god, if it be taken away, you perish. Therefore John. 6.68. When Christ demanded of the twelve, whether they would likewise go away; Peter makes this answer; Lord, whither shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Secondly, if Christ live in you, your hearts cleave to him, as to the Principle of life, as the child to the dug, or the element to its naturall place. What ever our life is, we cleave to it: Some place their life in their credit, take away it, and they die: others in riches; take away them, and they perish. What ever is your god, if it be taken away, you perish. Therefore Iohn. 6.68. When Christ demanded of the twelve, whether they would likewise goe away; Peter makes this answer; Lord, whither shall we goe? thou hast the words of eternall life.
Thirdly, ye may know, what life ye live, by the food that feeds it. Oil feeds the Lamp, fuel the fire. If your life be fed with the duties of obedience, then ye live. If ye keep my Commandments, ye shall live in them, saith Christ: you shall live in them as in your proper element, as the Fish in the water; every motion out of it, is to death. There are two sorts of men to whom this trial doth belong.
Thirdly, ye may know, what life ye liue, by the food that feedes it. Oyle feeds the Lampe, fuel the fire. If your life be fed with the duties of obedience, then yee live. If ye keepe my Commandements, yee shall live in them, saith Christ: you shall live in them as in your proper element, as the Fish in the water; every motion out of it, is to death. There are two sorts of men to whom this triall doth belong.