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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.
Therefore […], all things under the Sun if they be considered to make a man happy, they are but vanity: Now consider whether thy judgement be so of them or no, whether it be conformable to the holy Ghost, whether thou hast this conceit of all other things, but the quite contrary conceit of Jesus Christ; whether thou canst ⟨p. 278⟩think of him, as of one that is most excellent and thy chiefest treasure, as one that is far beyond all these, as one upon whom thy heart is pitched, as one in whom thy happiness is contained.
Therefore 〈…〉, all things under the Sunne if they bee considered to make a man happy, they are but vanity: Now consider whether thy judgement be so of them or no, whether it bee conformable to the holy Ghost, whether thou hast this conceit of all other things, but the quite contrary conceit of Iesus Christ; whether thou canst ⟨p. 278⟩thinke of him, as of one that is most excellent and thy chiefest treasure, as one that is farre beyond all these, as one upon whom thy heart is pitched, as one in whom thy happinesse is conteined.
4 Again, a mans treasure is that which he will be at any cost to get, he will be at any pains to attain it. It is that, on which his […] is bestowed, and affections are occupied […]. Is it so with thee when thou […] to Christ Jesus? art thou willing to […] more cost and pains to get him, than any […] besides? Is thy heart and affections […] upon him? For where a mans treasu•• […] there his heart is. 1I do not ask whether […] bestowest more time upon the matters of grace, than the duties of thy calling; but, whether thou dost them with more intention, whether thou bestowest thy time and pains upon them, as upon that which thou reckonest thy treasure, far exceeding all other?