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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.
Now to show you what it is.
Now to shew you what it is.
Covetousness may be defined, to be a sinful desire of getting or keeping money or wealth inordinately.
Covetousnesse may be defined, to be a sinfull desire of getting or keeping money or wealth inordinately.
First, it is a sinful desire, because it is a lust, as lusting after pleasure is called Voluptuousness; it is also inordinate, the principle being amiss, and likewise the Object: The principle is amiss, when as we over-value Riches, set a greater beauty on them than they have, and seeing them with a wrong eye, we lust after them, by reason that we over-value them; And thus to over-value them, thus to lust after them, and to think that they can make us happy, is Idolatry. The object of it is as bad as the principle, when as the end of getting riches, is either to raise us to a higher condition,1 or to fare deliciously every day; or ⟨p. 31⟩else to spend them on some lust, 2as well as to keep them.
First, it is a sinfull desire, because it is a lust, as lusting after pleasure is called Voluptuousnesse; it is also inordinate, the principle being amisse, and likewise the Object: The principle is amisse, when as wee over-value Riches, set a greater beauty on them than they have, and seeing them with a wrong eye, we lust after them, by reason that we over-value them; And thus to over-value them, thus to lust after them, and to thinke that they can make us happy, is Idolatry. The object of it is as bad as the principle, when as the end of getting riches, is either to raise us to a higher condition,