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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, we must follow him all manner of ways; that is, inwardly and outwardly: In both these there is a difficulty.
Fourthly, wee must follow him all manner of wayes; that is, inwardly and outwardly: In both these there is a difficulty.
There is a difficulty to serve him in the spirit; many an action cometh, that if it were to be done in the outward appearance only, it might be well put off: but to do it in secret, this is hard: when as the Conscience saith, such a thing must not be got; such a thing must be done, such a lust must be subdued; such a duty must not be omitted, this is not enough; but you must profess Christ, wear his livery, and show whose you are: In many things it is easier to do the spiritual, than the outward Act: As Mark. 8.38. Whosoever is ashamed of me, saith Christ, even in this adulterous ⟨p. 249⟩and sinful generation, of him shall I be ashamed when I shall fit in my glory. To profess what a man is in such company, in such a place, is not much; but you must profess Christ at all times, in all places: In the midst of an adulterous Generation. You must thus follow Christ, else all is nothing. And thus much for the first thing; what it is to follow Christ.
There is a difficulty to serve him in the spirit; many an action commeth, that if it were to be done in the outward appearance onely, it might be well put off: but to doe it in secret, this is hard: when as the Conscience saith, such a thing must not be got; such a thing must be done, such a lust must bee subdued; such a duty must not be omitted, this is not enough; but you must professe Christ, weare his livery, and shew whose you are: In many things it is easier to doe the spirituall, than the outward Act: As Mark. 8.38. Whosoever is ashamed of me, saith Christ, even in this adulterous