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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. › DoctrineTHE GOLDEN SCEPTER. › Doctrine
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.
I had thought to have gone off sooner, but that the Supper of the Lord draws near; which time is a day of reconciliation; such as was that Feast the tenth day in the seventh month, when the people all meeting together, Aaron the Priest confessed their sins over the scape Goat which fled into the wilderness, which was a type of Christ taking away all our sins; and the same is done and represented when we receive the Sacrament. Now one condition required of the people at that time was, that they should humble themselves, and every soul that did not was to be cut off, Levit. 23. 27. to the 30. verse, and that letting go of the scape Goat was at the 1same time, as appears, Levit. 16. 20. to the 31.2
I had thought to have gon off sooner, but that the Supper of the Lord drawes neare; which time is a day of reconciliation; such as was that Feast the tenth day in the seventh moneth, when the people all meeting together, Aaron the Priest confessed their sins over the scape Goate which fled into the wildernesse, which was a type of Christ taking away all our sins; and the same is done and represented when we receive the Sacrament. Now one condition required of the people at that time was, that they should humble themselves, and every soule that did not was to be cut off,