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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 in what is it hidden?
- 1Quest.
1I answer, that it is hidden in Christ, as in the fountain,2 as in the heart and soul, as in the subject wherein it dwells. Men what ever they profess, believe not this, that there is such a life, because it is a hidden life; what course then shall we take to make you believe it? The Scriptures you will not deny, yet you will be as hard to believe them, as you will be to believe that there is such a life; We will therefore say something, without the Scriptures, to persuade you that there is such a life as this.
1I answer, that it is hidden in Christ, as in the fountaine,2 as in the heart and soule, as in the subject wherein it dwels. Men what ever they professe, beleeve not this, that there is such a life, because it is a hidden life; what course then shall wee take to make you beleeve it? The Scriptures you will not deny, yet you will be as hard to beleeve them, as you will be to beleeve that there is such a life; Wee will therefore say something, without the Scriptures, to perswade you that there is such a life as this.
- 1Answ.
- 2Col. 3.3.