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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 4THE GOLDEN SCEPTER. › Doctrine 4
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And the reasons of this necessity may be drawn from the relation, and respect which this humiliation hath both to the other conditions that follow, and all that is promised here in the Text: unto which we will fit the reasons that follow.
And the reasons of this necessitie may bee drawne from the relation, and respect which this humiliation hath both to the other conditions that follow, and all that is promised here in the Text: unto which we will fit the reasons that follow.
As first, without this men will not seek out 1for and come unto CHRIST: they will not seek His Face, that is, His Person: The Law is our School-Master to bring us to CHRIST, by humbling us: men would not come in to Him unless they were driven; men would not seek Him unless 2they themselves were first lost; men would not receive Him unless they were first humbled; the poor receive the Gospel; the poor in spirit.
As first, without this men will not seeke out 1for and come unto CHRIST: they will not seeke His Face, that is, His Person: The Laweis our Schoole-Master to bring us to CHRIST, by humbling us: men would not come in to Him unless they were driven; men would not seek Him unlesse 2they themselves were first lost; men would not receive Him unless they were first humbled; the poore receive the Gospell; the poore in spirit.
- 11 The relation it hath to the other conditions.
- 21 Seeking for Christ.