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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
COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousness which is Idolatry.COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousnesse which is Idolatrie.
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Thirdly, Consider that you make a wrong choice, ye seek not that which will do it. If you seek for this comfort from God, all is in one place, but if ye seek for it in the creatures, ye must have a multitude of them to comfort you; ye must have health, wealth, honours, friends, and many other things; but one thing will do it if ye go the right way: ye shall find it only in God.1 Martha▪ she was troubled about many things, when as one thing only was necessary. If ye seek comfort in earthly things, ye must have a thousand things to help it, but godliness which hath the promise of this life and of the life to come doth yield this comfort of its self, if that ye seek it in it. It is a great advantage for us to have all comforts in one thing: Godliness only hath all these comforts, therefore seek them in it.
Thirdly, Consider that you make a wrong choise, yee seeke not that which will doe it. If you seeke for this comfort from God, all is in one place, but if yee seeke for it in the creatures, yee must have a multitude of them to comfort you; yee must have health, wealth, honours, friends, and many other things; but one thing will doe it if yee goe the right way: yee shall finde it onely in God.1 Martha▪ shee was troubled about many things, when as one thing onely was necessary. If yee seeke comfort in earthly things, ye must have a thousand things to helpe it, but godlinesse which hath the promise of this life and of the life to come doth yeeld this comfort of its selfe, if that yee seeke it in it. It is a great advantage for us to have all comforts in one thing: Godlinesse onely hath all these comforts, therefore seeke them in it.