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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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But let no man suffer his assurance to he weakened for want of this, for a man may have as high an esteem of CHRIST and be as throughly convinced of sin though he want that violent work, which GOD works in some, even a great sense of his wrath, and letting them lie there and then speaks peace, so as these are wrought by distinct acts and causes in a great distance one from the other, so that as their sorrow was evident so their joy was evident, in another he works so, that as soon as he sees sin he sees God also pardoning.
But let no man suffer his assurance to hee weakned for want of this, for a man may have as high an esteeme of CHRIST and bee as throughly convinced of sinne though hee want that violent worke, which GOD workes in some, even a great sence of his wrath, and letting them lie there and then speakes peace, so as these are wrought by distinct acts and causes in a great distance one from the other, so that as their sorrow was evident so their joy was evident, in another he workes so, that as soone as hee sees sinne hee sees God also pardoning.
And in those that have that violent shining of affection in their first Humiliation; look how much of it is violent, will vanish, and what is substantial, will hold; so that even they in the end come to this solid conviction of Judgement at last, which only is constant and abideth with them. And therefore let not thy assurance be weakened for the want of this, for faith unites to Christ and establisheth us in well doing.
And in those that have that violent shyning of affection in their first Humiliation; looke how much of it is violent, will vanish, and what is substantiall, will hold; so that even they in the end come to this solid conviction of Judgement at last, which onely is constant and abideth with them. And therefore let not thy assurance bee weakend for the want of this, for faith unites to Christ and establisheth us in well doing.