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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
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The 1meaning of it is this, that when the Spirit of God is thus upon you, you will be tenderly affected to the Lord, even as a mother toward her child: then saith he, they shall look upon him whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and be in bitterness for him, that is, you shall then remember your rebellions, and the remembrance of them shall be bitter to your souls, as bitter things are to your taste: so it was with Josiah: the reason why his heart melted, and he wept when he heard the book of the Law read, was because he had the spirit of bowels, which every one of us should have: So Job, Now I have seen thee, I abhor my self, Job 42. he was not thus before; he 2was a holy man, but this was a new work: for says he, I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee. He was enlightened anew; as it were, the spirit shined into his heart with a new light: I have been in a mist all this while in comparison; but now mine eye hath seen thee, and I have an experimental feeling of thee, now I abhor my self. It is a hard thing to abhor a mans self thus, which then a man doth, when Gods Spirit with a new light enableth a man to see Gods love and kindness, and his own unkindness in their colours.
The 1meaning of it is this, that when the Spirit of God is thus upon you, you will bee tenderly affected to the Lord, even as a mother toward her child: then saith hee, they shall looke upon him whom they have pierced, and they shall mourne for him, as one mourneth for his only sonne, and be in bitternesse for him, that is, you shall then remember your rebellions, and the remembrance of them shal be bitter to your soules, as bitter things are to your tast: so it was with Iosiah: the reason why his heart melted, and he wept when he heard the booke of the Law read, was because he had the spirit of bowells, which every one of us should have: So Iob, Now I have seene thee, I abhorre my selfe, Iob 42. he was not thus before; he 2