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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 you will say, what benefit is this?
- 1Object.
1I answer, that is it great. God disposeth of all things in the world; is it not wisdom then to have him your friend? Gen. 28.9. Jacob being to take his journey, Isaac said unto him, God all-sufficient be with thee. God is all-sufficient; if ye have him, ye have all: In the creatures there is no such thing, there is nothing but vanity in them, they are but as candles, or as Stars to the Sun. God is all-sufficient: all the happiness of the creature, makes not men happy: All men seek happiness, yet they never find it, without having God: All happiness is in Gods favour; In outward happiness you must have other compounded things. Christ rebuked them that counted her happy in the creatures, saying; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, 2and the Paps that gave thee suck; No, saith Christ, these will not make a man happy; but blessed are they which hear the word of God, and keep it; ⟨p. 129⟩having God ye have all things; God disposeth all things, and giveth the comfortable fruition of them. Ye may have all outward things, and yet want comfort; Gods curse makes all miserable, though ye have all that the creature affords; therefore give your selves no rest, till ye have got this life, without which God delights not in you.
1I answer, that is it great. God disposeth of all things in the world; is it not wisedome then to have him your friend?