A09965:28
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
COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousness which is Idolatry.COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousnesse which is Idolatrie.
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.
1First, this must needs be so, in regard of Gods All-sufficiency; he alone is able to comfort without the creatures help: else there were an insufficiency and narrowness in him, and so he should not be God. If he could not fill our desires every way, he were not All-sufficient; Even as the Sun should be defective, if it needed the help of torches to give light. God is blessed not only in himself, but makes us also blessed; it is the ground of all other Commandments; Thou shalt love and worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou fear: 2We must love him with all our hearts, with all our souls; let not the creature have one jot of them, because all comfort is from God. Gen. 17.1. I am God all-sufficient, walk before me, and be perfect: that is, love me altogether, set your affections on none but me, ye need not go unto the creature, all is in me. If the creature could do any thing for to make us happy and not God, then we might step out to it; but the creature can add nothing to it, God only is all-sufficient to make you perfect every way; though the creature be used by God as an instrument, yet it is only God that makes you happy and gives you comfort, and not the creature.
1First, this must needs be so, in regard of Gods All-sufficiencie; hee alone is able to comfort without the creatures helpe: else there were an insufficiencie and narrownesse in him, and so hee should not bee God. If hee could not fill our desires every way, hee were not All-sufficient; Even as the Sunne should bee defective, if it needed the helpe of torches to give light. God is blessed not onely in himselfe, but makes us also blessed; it is the ground of all other Commandements; Thou shalt love and worship the Lord thy God, and him onely shalt thou feare: 2Wee must love him with all our hearts, with all our soules; let not the creature have one jot of them, because all comfort is from God. Gen. 17.1. I am God all-sufficient, walke before me, and be perfect: that is, love me altogether, set your affections on none but me, yee neede not goe unto the creature, all is in me. If the creature could doe any thing for to make us happy and not God, then wee might step out to it; but the creature can adde nothing to it, God onely is all-sufficient to make you perfect every way; though the creature be used by God as an instrument, yet it is onely God that makes you happy and gives you comfort, and not the creature.