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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.
1And if you object, O but I am a man full of infirmities.
- 1Object.Obiect.
1You know how it is answered in the Fifth of James, (saith he) Elijah when he was heard, he was a man, 2and a man subject to passions, & to the like passions that we are: As if he should say, do not think that Elijah was therefore heard, because he was an extraordinary Prophet, for it was because the Lord had made a promise to him, and he comes and urges that promise to the Lord, and therefore the Lord heard him. So (saith he) should every one of you, if you have the promise, you may go and urge it, as well as Elijah did: though you be subject to many infirmities, Elijah was even so. You know there ⟨p. 331⟩are infirmities and passions expressed in the Scriptures that he was subject to. And this is the first use we are to make of it, to be frequent and fervent in this duty, since we have such a promise.
1You know how it is answered in the Fift of Iames, (saith he) Eliah when hee was heard, he was a man, 2and a man subject to passions, & to the like passions that wee are: As if he should say, do not thinke that Eliah was therefore heard, because hee was an extraordinary Prophet, for it was because the Lord had made a promise to him, and hee comes and urges that promise to the Lord, and therefore the Lord heard him. So (saith hee) should every one of you, if you have the promise, you may goe and urge it, as wel as Eliah did: though you be subject to many infirmities, Eliah was even so. You know there