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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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If then Gods blessing be all in all, if that only can administer comfort and make us happy, I would ask you this question? What if ye did leave your children only Gods blessing, would it not be sufficient though you leave them little or nothing else? Ye think not so: and yet whatsoever ye can leave them without Gods blessing, is nothing worth. Preachers labour much in this, to draw you from worldly things, and all to little purpose: It must be Gods teaching that persuades within, that must effect it: ye must therefore take pains with your hearts, the generality of the disease shows that it is hard to be cured; Labour therefore to find out the deceits which do hinder your practise of these things; which are these.
If then Gods blessing be all in all, if that onely can administer comfort and make us happy, I would aske you this question? What if ye did leave your children onely Gods blessing, would it not be sufficient though you leave them little or nothing else? Yee thinke not so: and yet whatsoever ye can leave them without Gods blessing, is nothing worth. Preachers labour much in this, to draw you from worldly things, and all to little purpose: It must be Gods teaching that perswades within, that must effect it: yee must therefore take paines with your hearts, the generality of the disease shewes that it is hard to be cured; Labour therefore to finde out the deceipts which do hinder your practise of these things; which are these.
One Deceit that deceives men is, that they are ready to say,1 that these things are the blessings of God. Why then should not we rejoice in them? As for afflictions they are ⟨p. 17⟩crosses, and therefore we grieve for them: if these then did not add to our blessedness, why count we them blessings, and account Poverty as a cross?
One Deceipt that deceives men is, that they are ready to say,