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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, what do you do? Do your actions second your desires? Are you like David? Acts 13.22. Are you men after Gods own heart, which will fulfil all his will; or are you of your father the Devil, and fulfil his lusts? John 8.49. Christ useth this argument, to prove that the Jews were of their father the Devil, because his lineaments were in them, as the fathers are in the child's; you are murderers and Liars as he was, John 8.49. Therefore you are his. So I would have you consider what you do; see whether you are holy in your conversation: if you are not, Christ will discard such servants, and all the world shall know it, that you are none of his, if you are not ready to do any thing for him. His life must be in all those that are his, his Image must shine in them, they must have his graces.
Fourthly, what doe you doe? Doe your actions second your desires? Are you like David? Acts 13.22. Are you men after Gods owne heart, which will fulfill all his will; or are you of your father the Divell, and fulfill his lusts? Iohn 8.49. Christ useth this argument, to proove that the Iewes were of their father the Divell, because his lineaments were in them, as the fathers are in the childs; you are murtherers and Lyars as he was, Iohn 8.49. Therefore you are his. So I would have you consider what you doe; see whether you are holy in your conversation: if you are not, Christ will discard such servants, and all the world shall know it, that you are none of his, if you are not ready to doe any thing for him. His life must bee in all those that are his, his Image must shine in them, they must have his graces.