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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 they love all the Saints, yet they love not the Saints only, ye must love none but the Saints. If ye love the Saints because they are Saints, then those who are not Saints, ye do not love; that is, ye love none with the love of friendship, and intimate ⟨p. 79⟩familiarity but the Saints; yet love them with a love of pity, and we all fail in this love.
Secondly, if they love all the Saints, yet they love not the Saints onely, yee must love none but the Saints. If yee love the Saints because they are Saints, then those who are not Saints, ye doe not love; that is, yee love none with the love of friendship, and intimate ⟨p. 79⟩familiaritie but the Saints; yet love them with a love of pitty, and we all faile in this love.
Thirdly, they do not love those that excel in virtue. If your hearts be not right,1 ye dislike all those that go beyond you in holiness, and practise.
Thirdly, they doe not love those that excell in vertue. If your hearts be not right,1 ye dislike all those that goe beyond you in holinesse, and practise.
- 1Psal. 16.•.