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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
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Thus you see, what to be humbled is. Now we 1come to the second, what it is to humble a mans self: which begins, when the other ends: for then a man looks out for the remedy, as those who cried out what shall we do to be saved? which is the second thing to be observed in those examples; after the wounding of their hearts, they made an enquiry what to do to be saved. For those that belong ⟨p. 82⟩to Gods Election go yet further: there is another kind of Evangelical humiliation wrought in them, which is a fruit of sanctification; for in one whom GOD means to save, when he is come to this, the LORD sends the spirit of adoption into his heart, the spirit of grace, as Zachary calls him, which gives him some secret hope, he shall be received to mercy, if he will come in; which is a work of faith in some degree begun: and then says the soul with it self, I will go and humble my self, I will go home to God, and change my course, and give up my self to him and serve him: and this we shall find in these examples mentioned before, especially 2of the Prodigal, Luk. 15. he came to this conclusion, If I stay here, I dye for hunger; but in my fathers house there is bread enough: here was hope that bred this resolution. I will go home, and say to my father, I have sinned against heaven and against thee, &c. here was that true humiliation we speak of. So Manasseh, he humbled himself greatly, out of an hope of mercy; for a man comes not to this active humiliation wherein he kindly humbleth himself, unless he hath hope of mercy; and the beginning of faith is with a hope of mercy, which sets a man a work to go to God, and say; Lord, I have committed such and such sins, but I will return to them no more; I am worthy of nothing.
Thus you see, what to be humbled is. Now wee 1come to the second, what it is to humble a mans selfe: which begins, when the other ends: for then a man lookes out for the remedy, as those who cryed out what shall we doe to be saved? which is the second thing to be observed in those examples; after the wounding of their hearts, they made an enquiry what to doe to be saved. For those that belong