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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, though there be a concurrency of things, yet God may hinder the effect; sometimes for good, sometimes for evil: As Elisha his servant was ready in the nick, when ⟨p. 26⟩the Shunamite came to beg her possessions and Land of the King, 2. King. 8.5.6. He was then telling the King how Elisha had restored her son to life, which furthered her suite: So on the other side, Abraham, When he was to offer up his son Isaac: in the instant God sent the Ram tied in the Bush, Gen. 22.13. So Saul when as he had purposed to kill David, God calls him away to fight with the Philistines: and as God hinders the effect for good, so he doth for evil.
Secondly, though there bee a concurrencie of things, yet God may hinder the effect; sometimes for good, sometimes for evill: As Elisha his servant was ready in the nicke, when ⟨p. 26⟩the Shunamite came to beg her possessions and Land of the King, 2. King. 8.5.6. He was then telling the King how Elisha had restored her sonne to life, which furthered her suite: So on the other side, Abraham, When hee was to offer up his sonne Isaac: in the instant God sent the Ramme tied in the Bush, Gen. 22.13. So Saul when as he had purposed to kill David, God calls him away to fight with the Philistims: and as God hinders the effect for good, so hee doth for evill.
Thirdly, God doth it sometimes by denying success unto the causes.1