A09970:120
The golden sceptre held forth to the humble With the Churches dignityThe golden scepter held forth to the humble VVith the Churches dignitie
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.
my Name is in him. My 1Name is not only upon him, so that he is not only called my Angel, but my Name is also in him, that is, he is so affected as I am, he hates sin as I do, and therefore will punish it in you, and loves what is good as I do. So let the Lords Name be in you, that is, labour to be of the same mind and disposition that God is of, to have a heart after his heart, to be affected as he is, labour to be thus minded, and you shall be the Glory of the Lord, as the Wife is the glory of her husband, as she is called, 1 Cor. 11. 7. ⟨p. 53⟩2because when she behaves her self wisely and virtuously, those that see her do commend her 3husband: Therefore so behave thy self in the world, so show thy self like thy husband, that thou be his Glory, show forth the virtues of Christ, as the Apostle hath it in 1 Peter 2. 9. A man 4must so behave himself, as the Image of God may appear in him; and then he shall be his glory, as a wife when she carries herself as the image of her husband, so as his wisdom and virtues appear in her, then she is his glory. Consider this seriously; you are called by Gods Name; if you make this but an empty title, then you shall have but an empty benefit by it: but if in earnest you cleave to him, and follow him, then he is yours and you his, and all that is his is yours.
my Name is in him. My 1Name is not only upon him, so that he is not only called my Angel, but my Name is also in him, that is, he is so affected as I am, he hates sinne as I doe, and therefore will punish it in you, and loves what is good as I doe. So let the Lords Name bee in you, that is, labour to be of the same mind and disposition that God is of, to have a heart after his heart, to be affected as he is, labour to be thus minded, and you shall be the Glory of the Lord, as the Wife is the glory of her husband, as shee is called,