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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.
The first means to get and maintain this life, which is all one, (for that which begets it doth likewise nourish it) is knowledge: abound in knowledge, get much light; this life consists in light, when a man judgeth aright. The understanding enlightened is the primum vivens, the first living part: and therefore ye shall find, that life and light are put one for the other, Ephes. 5.14. Stand up from the dead, and Christ shall give you light: and Joh. 1.4. Christ was that light, and that light was the life of men; this life stands in enlightening the mind: add to this light, ye add to life. The reason why ⟨p. 132⟩men are dead, is, because there is a darkness in their souls, they see not the ways of God: therefore they act not, they step not forwards, because they are in the dark: All shining is from light, as ye increase light, so ye increase life. Ephe. 4.18, it is said of the Gentiles, that they were strangers from the life of God, through the ignorance that is in them. The knowledge of God, brings men nearer to the life of God. Ephe. 4.24. Holiness is said to proceed from truth, the words are; put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and holiness, which proceeds from truth.
The first meanes to get and mainetaine this life, which is all one, (for that which begets it doth likewise nourish it) is knowledge: abound in knowledge, get much light; this life consists in light, when a man judgeth aright. The understanding enlightened is the primum vivens, the first living part: and therefore ye shall finde, that life and light are put one for the other, Ephes. 5.14. Stand up from the dead, and Christ shall give you light: and Ioh. 1.4. Christ was that light, and that light was the life of men; this life stands in inlightning the mind: adde to this light, yee adde to life. The reason why ⟨p. 132⟩