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The golden sceptre held forth to the humble With the Churches dignity by her marriage. And the Churches duty in her carriage. In three treatises. The former delivered in sundry sermons in Cambridge, for the weekly fasts, 1625. The two latter in Lincolns Inn. By the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to His Majesty, Mr. of Emanuel College in Cambridge, and sometime preacher at Lincolns Inn.The golden scepter held forth to the humble VVith the Churches dignitie by her marriage. And the Churches dutie in her carriage. In three treatises. The former delivered in sundry sermons in Cambridge, for the weekely fasts, 1625. The two latter in Lincolnes Inne. By the late learned and reverend divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to His Maiesty, Mr. of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and somtime preacher at Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by R. Badger for N. Bourne, 1638
THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE. › Doctrine 3THE GOLDEN SCEPTER. › Doctrine 3
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.
Secondly, children by the name of their Parents.
Thirdly, Temples are called by their names to whom they are dedicated.
Lastly, they that addict themselves to some man to follow his opinion, are called by his name. As the Platonists, Aristotelians, Ramists, &c. from their masters.
In the same respects, those that are called by Gods Name are such as are married to him, and that are borne of him (for they are his children) and all such as are his Temples dedicated to his service. Lastly, all such as are addicted to follow him; as Joshua was, who said, I and my house will serve the Lord, and as Jacob was, thou shalt be my God, and I will serve thee; all these are called by the name of the Lord, and the Lord is called by their names: so he is called the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, &c. so that it s••mes that there is (as it were) a certain match between them, a mutual agreement and relation, as there is between a husband and a wife, a father and a son; so if thou beest one who is married to Christ, and he hath changed thy heart, and begotten thee anew by his word, and art dedicated to his service as his Temple; then thou art called by his Name.