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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, it is hard to part with that which we prize and love much; but when as we are persuaded; that there is no such thing in it as we think there is, then it will be easy for to part with it. No man grieves much, that the flowers that he hath in his hand, wither: that he loseth counters or shadows: such are the things that we see and have, Psal. 39.6. they are ⟨p. 223⟩but as flowers: our eyes being opened to see that these things are so, it is an easy thing to disesteem them; to one that is humbled this is easy; he that hath felt the burden of sin to be heavy, will find Christs yoke to be light; the Devils yoke is a hard and heavy yoke, he that hath felt the bitterness of sin will think Gods ways to be pleasant.
Fourthly, it is hard to part with that which we prize and love much; but when as we are perswaded; that there is no such thing in it as we thinke there is, then it will be easie for to part with it. No man grieves much, that the flowers that he hath in his hand, wither: that he loseth counters or shadowes: such are the things that we see and have, Psal. 39.6. they are ⟨p. 223⟩but as flowers: our eyes being opened to see that these things are so, it is an easie thing to disesteeme them; to one that is humbled this is easie; he that hath felt the burthen of sinne to bee heavy, will find Christs yoake to bee light; the Divels yoake is a hard and heavy yoake, he that hath felt the bitternesse of sinne will thinke Gods wayes to be pleasant.
Fifthly, consider to whom we do all that we do: as David said to Micol. 2 Sam. 6.21. We do it to the Lord: this makes all easy: this made all easy to Paul,