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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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That whosoever looks for any interest in Christ, 1must deny himself. He that comes after me, that is, he that will be saved by me, united to me, made one with me, must deny himself; that is, though there be no precedent condition required of those that come to Christ, (we Preach, that if any man will come in, he shall be saved, what ever he hath been; there is no antecedent condition required but to desire CHRIST, Rev. 22.17. Let him that is athirst come, let whosoever will come and taste of the waters of life freely. That is, none will take him, none will come in but such as thirst: there is nothing required before hand but to take him:) yet ye must know, that when ye have taken him, you must be his; he must be your Lord, and you must be conformable to him: this none can do without denying himself. PAUL followed Christ, because he denied himself: but DEMAS did not deny himself. therefore 2 Tim. 4.10. He embraced the present world, and forsook Christ. ⟨p. 188⟩Numb. 14.24. Josh. 14.8. CALEB and JOSHUA followed God constantly, they went through all and denied themselves; the other heads of the Tribes did not. Take ABRAHAM for example of Self denial. Gen 12.1. GOD bids him go out of his Country to an unknown Land, and he doth it; He refused not to offer up his only Son when he was commanded to do it; he served God constantly. If our wills and Christs will were unisons & coincident, then there were no need to deny our selves; but because they are contrary one to the other, therefore we must deny our selves.
That whosoever lookes for any interest in Christ, 1must deny himselfe. Hee that comes after mee, that is, he that will bee saved by me, united to me, made one with me, must deny himselfe; that is, though there be no precedent condition required of those that come to Christ, (wee Preach, that if any man will come in, hee shall be saved, what ever hee hath beene; there is no antecedent condition required but to desire CHRIST,