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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.
We come now to the object and example which we must follow, and that is Christ. And here; first, we must follow his Example. Secondly, we must follow his precepts.
Wee come now to the object and example which wee must follow, and that is Christ. And here; first, we must follow his Example. Secondly, wee must follow his precepts.
First, you must follow his example; do as he did, set him up as a pattern of Imitation. It would be infinite to show you all his graces: yet I will name some particulars wherein you must follow him, that so we may not be all in the general.
First, you must follow his example; doe as he did, set him up as a patterne of Imitation. It would be infinite to shew you all his graces: yet I will name some particulars wherein you must follow him, that so we may not be all in the generall.
First, he abounded in love, which he showed in his readiness both to give and forgive. He showed his love in giving, in that he loved men so, that he gave himself for them. (Act. 20.35.) He saith, It is more blessed to give than to receive. For his love in forgiving, he forgave those that did him the greatest wrong, he had compassion on the souls of men, and on their bodies too; For their souls, he groaned to see them as Sheep without a Shepherd: (Math. 9.36.) So for their bodies he fed many thousands of them often times.