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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
COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousness which is Idolatry.COLLOS. 3.5. And Covetousnesse which is Idolatrie.
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Secondly, There is a supereminent comfort proceeding from an inward apprehension of Gods favour towards us, in giving these blessings to us.
Secondly, There is a supereminent comfort proceeding from an inward apprehension of Gods fauour towards us, in giving these blessings to us.
There may be an inward distemper, which may make our joys to be hollow and counterfeit: there may be sadness of heart, when as there is outward joy; because there is an inward and supereminent sense which affects the heart another way: and therefore, Eccles. 2.2. External Joy, is called mad Joy; because we mind it not: It is the joy of joys, and life of comfort that is from within, that proceeds from the inward man. As the soul is stronger, and the more it is in health, so it finds more comfort, both external and supereminent comfort: Graces are to the soul as health is to the body; the more and greater they are, the more comfort they administer.
There may be an inward distemper, which may make our joyes to bee hollow and counterfeit: there may be sadnesse of heart, when as there is outward joy; because there is an inward and supereminent sence which affects the heart another way: and therefore, Eccles. 2.2. Externall Ioy, is called mad Ioy; because wee minde it not: It is the joy of joyes, and life of comfort that is from within, that proceeds from the inward man. As the soule is stronger, and the more it is in health, so it findes more comfort, both externall and supereminent comfort: Graces are to the soule as health is to the body; the more and greater they are, the more comfort they administer.