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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
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Hath the LORD said it, and that from heaven; ⟨p. 115⟩1that if a man do humble himself he will forgive 2him? Then this is a matter of great consolation; when I can say from GOD to any one here that droops, that if thou doest and wilt humble thy self, the LORD will forgive thee; consider it, this is news from heaven.
Hath the LORD said it, and that from heaven; ⟨p. 115⟩1that if a man doe humble himselfe hee will forgive 2him? Then this is a matter of great consolation; when I can say from GOD to any one here that droopes, that if thou doest and wilt humble thy selfe, the LORD will forgive thee; consider it, this is newes from heaven.
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Put the case (to compare spiritual things with things which you are more sensible of) that any of you had committed high treason against the King, and thou hadst forfeited thy life and goods; if any one should come from the King to thee, and tell thee that if thou wouldest go to him and humble thy self it should be pardoned: And is not our case the same? We are guilty of eternal death, and have forfeited life and all: when therefore GOD himself shall say, If thou wilt humble thy self, thy sins shall be forgiven, what comfort is it? such a word as this should not be lost. A man that knows the bitterness of sin, would wait and wait again to gain such a word as this from the LORDS mouth, and would keep it as his life. It was not a light thing to get such a word as this from God, none but a favourite could get it, nay none but his Son, and he not, but by his death; if CHRIST had not provided this Charter for us, every man should have dyed in his sins. Now this we can and do say from GOD through CHRIST, that though your sins be great, and you have fallen into them many a time and committed them with the worst of circumstances; yet if thou humblest thy self, thou shalt be forgiven; so as thou mayst say, I may challenge God of his promise, and put this bond in