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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 4THE GOLDEN SCEPTER. › Doctrine 4
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.
For this you shall find Manasseh in the 2 Chro•. 133. in his affliction humbling himself greatly, and the Lord was entreated of him, vers. 12. Likewise we have that of S. Paul humbled. Acts 9. 6 where we find him trembling and astonished, and saying, Lord what wil• thou have me do? See another example in Acts 2. 37. of those who were 2pricked in their hearts, crying out, what shall we do to be saved? And so of the Goaler, Acts 16. who came trembling and astonied, and would have killed himself; and likewise of the Prodigal, Luk. 15. (which 3though a parable, yet sets forth this condition of a soul humbled to us,) of whom it is said, that none gave unto him, and that he came unto himself, &c.
For this you shall finde Manasses in the 2 Chro•. 133. in his affliction humbling himselfe greatly, and the Lord was intreated of him, vers. 12. Likewise wee have that of S. Paul humbled. Acts 9. 6 where we find him trembling and astonished, and saying, Lord what wil• thou have me doe? See another example in Acts 2. 37. of those who were 2prickt in their hearts, crying out, what shall we do to bee saved? And so of the Goaler,