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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1I answer, that it is true, that none can reach it; yet we must go as nigh it as we may. First, therefore consider that it is for our advantage to have such a rule: in other things, men labour for the best copies and samplers▪ It is absurd for a man to say, I cannot follow the strait rule: Therefore will I have a crooked one. I cannot hit the mark, therefore I will have a false one set up.
1I answere, that it is true, that none can reach it; yet wee must goe as nigh it as wee may. First, therefore consider that it is for our advantage to have such a rule: in other things, men labour for the best copies and samplers▪ It is absurd for a man to say, I cannot follow the straite rule: Therefore will I have a crooked one. I cannot hit the marke, therefore I will have a false one set vp.
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