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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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Fourthly, consider what your affections are: nothing troubles a holy man but sin, which makes him seek help at Gods hands, and not ⟨p. 30⟩in these: on the contrary, nothing troubles a worldly man, but losses and crosses, sin troubles him not at all: By this judge of your love to Riches, whether it be right or no.
Fourthly, consider what your affections are: nothing troubles a holy man but sinne, which makes him seeke helpe at Gods hands, and not ⟨p. 30⟩in these: on the contrary, nothing troubles a worldly man, but losses and crosses, sinne troubles him not at all: By this judge of your love to Riches, whether it be right or no.
Thus much of the first general Doctrine; we come now to the second, which is this.
Thus much of the first generall Doctrine; we come now to the second, which is this.