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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 be exact in the first, yet fail in the second Table, and those that practise ⟨p. 78⟩the duties of the second Table, fail in the duties of the first. If men be exact in the duties of both Tables, their religion is pure and undefiled, Jam. 1.27. If they fail in the duties of one table, to make their religion pure, is to mend in the other. These civill men wrong no man, yet they content themselves with a bare formality; this is not pure Religion: we say this is pure Religion, if ye be fervent in prayer, and content not your selves with formality of Religion without the power.
1I answer, they may be exact in the first, yet faile in the second Table, and those that practise ⟨p. 78⟩the duties of the second Table, faile in the duties of the first. If men be exact in the duties of both Tables, their religion is pure and undefiled, Iam. 1.27. If they faile in the duties of one table, to make their religion pure, is to mend in the other. These civill men wrong no man, yet they content themselves with a bare formalitie; this is not pure Religion: we say this is pure Religion, if yee bee fervent in prayer, and content not your selves with formality of Religion without the power.
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Lastly, these walking ghosts, do but show themselves to men, they company not with them; ye see them and hear no more of them. Ye shall know living men▪ by their companying and loving of the Saints; as sheep and doves they are never out of company, and keep no other company but their own. Ye shall find in others these differences.