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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.
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.
1To this I answer; That there is an aptness and fitness in the creature for to comfort us, but yet it can yield us no comfort without God: Wherefore keep your affections in ⟨p. 23⟩square, have so much joy and delight in the creature, as the creature requires, and no more; if your affections hold a right proportion with their objects, they are right; therefore thus far ye may joy in the creature, and no further.
1To this I answer; That there is an aptnesse and fitnesse in the creature for to comfort us, but yet it can yeeld us no comfort without God: Wherefore keepe your affections in ⟨p. 23⟩square, have so much joy and delight in the creature, as the creature requires, and no more; if your affections hold a right proportion with their objects, they are right; therefore thus farre yee may joy in the creature, and no further.
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