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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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Fourthly, consider what ye do, when ye yield to your selves; and when as you deny ⟨p. 201⟩your selves; When as ye yield to your selves, ye strengthen the flesh: denying your selves, you strengthen your selves, and the inward man: the more ye yield to the Spirit, the more beauty ye have; the more ye yield to the flesh, the more deformity. Gal. 5.19. The fruits of the flesh, are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, and the like, which bring death: but the fruits of the Spirit, are joy, peace, long-sufferings, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against which there is no law. Look to your selves; the fruits of the flesh, are shame, misery, corruption, death; the fruits of the Spirit, are life, grace, and glory: yielding to the flesh ye strengthen the disease: the wisest way is to strengthen that which will stick by us. Ye must maintain the Spirit, crucify the flesh, which is as the sea; having gotten ground, it is hardly to be recovered: therefore snib not the Spirit, quench it not, lest it speak less and less, till it speak not at all: yield to the whisperings of the Spirit, and quench it not: deny not any request the Spirit makes.
Fourthly, consider what yee doe, when yee yeild to your selves; and when as you deny ⟨p. 201⟩your selves; When as ye yeeld to your selves, ye strengthen the flesh: denying your selves, you strengthen your selves, and the inward man: the more ye yeeld to the Spirit, the more beauty ye have; the more ye yeeld to the flesh, the more deformity. Gal. 5.19. The fruits of the flesh, are adultery, fornication, uncleannes, and the like, which bring death: but the fruits of the Spirit, are joy, peace, long-suffrings, gentlenesse, goodnesse, faith, meeknesse, temperance; against which there is no law. Looke to your selves; the fruits of the flesh, are shame, misery, corruption, death; the fruits of the Spirit, are life, grace, and glory: yeelding to the flesh yee strengthen the disease: the wisest way is to strengthen that which will sticke by us. Yee must maintaine the Spirit, crucifie the flesh, which is as the sea; having gotten ground, it is hardly to be recovered: therefore snib not the Spirit, quench it not, lest it speake lesse and lesse, till it speake not at all: yeeld to the whisperings of the Spirit, and quench it not: deny not any request the Spirit makes.