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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
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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 ⟨p. 116⟩suite and he cannot deny it. This is a great matter; if a man shall but seriously consider, what it is to have this great God, the Governor of the World, to be an enemy, one would think they should think this Gospel good news.
Put the case (to compare spirituall 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 tel thee that if thou wouldest goe to him and humble thy selfe it should be pardoned: And is not our case the same? We are guilty of eternall death, and have forfeited life and all: when therefore GOD himselfe shall say, If thou wilt humble thy selfe, thy sinnes shall bee forgiven, what comfort is it? such a word as this should not be lost. A man that knowes the bitternesse of sinne, would waite and waite againe to gaine such a word as this from the LORDS mouth, and would keepe 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 hee not, but by his death; if CHRIST had not provided this Charter for us, every man should have dyed in his sinnes. Now this we can and doe say from GOD through CHRIST, that though your sinnes 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