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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, if it were not proper to Christ and his voice to translate men from death to life, he should loose his chiefest sovereignty:1 he quickens whom he will: he hath compassion on whom he will have compassion: If men could translate men from death to life, then it would not be proper to God to do it:
Thirdly, if it were not proper to Christ and his voyce to translate men from death to life, hee should loose his chiefest soveraignty:1 hee quickens whom hee will: hee hath compassion on whom he will have compassion: If men could translate men from death to life, then it would not be proper to God to doe it:
Lastly, as nothing else can do it, so the voice of the Son of God is able for to do it. At the first creation all was made by the voice of God; he saith, Let there be light, 1and there was light: let him say to any man, follow me, and he doth it. Matth. 9.9. he saith to the Publican sitting at the receipt of Custom, follow me; and he left all, and rose up and followed him. Christ speaking to his ear and heart, made him to follow him; his speech was like the speech of Elijah to Elisha, he followed him,