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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.
All other comforts are about sense, or things of this life, which are subject to alteration; but this life and the comforts of it, admit no change. A man being sick, he cannot do actions of health, they are restrained: so one in prison is not at liberty to do what he would▪ but the actions of this life are assiduous, they cannot be interrupted: ye may pray continually, rejoice evermore, 1ye may always have communion with God.
All other comforts are about sence, or things of this life, which are subiect to alteration; but this life and the comforts of it, admit no change. A man being sicke, hee cannot doe actions of health, they are restrained: so one in prison is not at liberty to doe what he would▪ but the actions of this life are assiduous, they cannot be interrupted: ye may pray continually, rejoyce evermore, 1yee may alwayes have communion with God.
Thirdly, this life is a life that is least indigent of all others: it needeth least. Take a man that leads any other life, he needs many things. Luk. 10.41.41. this is shadowed in that of Martha, and Mary: Martha busies her self about many things, she wanted many; but Mary had one thing that was profitable for all things, that removes all evils, brings all happiness; and that is Godliness which is profitable for all things, 1 Tim. 4.8