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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
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Thirdly, ye may know whether ye have this life in you or not, by the fruits of it, as the tree is known by its fruits. If the word turn the flock into its own nature, ye know it by the fruits. Gal. 5.25. If ye live in the Spirit, ye will also walk in the Spirit; that is, if ye profess your selves holy men, show it by walking in the Spirit: holy men will be doing that which is good. This is the surest trial, our works will not deceive us: other things which consist in imagination may. 1 Joh. 3.10. In this the Children of God are manifest and the children of the Divill: who doth not righteousness is not of God, he that is of God doth not unrighteousness. Consider then what your walk and ⟨p. 113⟩your actions are, and by them ye shall know this life.
Thirdly, yee may know whether yee have this life in you or not, by the fruites of it, as the tree is knowne by its fruites. If the word turne the flocke into its owne nature, ye know it by the fruites. Gal. 5.25. If ye live in the Spirit, ye will also walke in the Spirit; that is, if ye professe your selves holy men, shew it by walking in the Spirit: holy men will bee doing that which is good. This is the surest triall, our workes will not deceive us: other things which consist in imagination may. 1 Ioh. 3.10. In this the Children of God are manifest and the children of the Divill: who doth not righteousnes is not of God, he that is of God doth not unrighteousnesse. Consider then what your walke and ⟨p. 113⟩your actions are, and by them ye shall know this life.