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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.
It is to seek the LORD himself: for his face in Scripture is often taken for his person: so the word ⟨p. 133⟩is used Exodus 20. 2. in the first Commandment, Thou shalt have no other gods before my face, that is, 1before me. So then the meaning is, we must seek the LORD himself. Many, when they are in distress, will seek to the Lord for deliverance, in time of Famine, they will seek to him for Corn and Wine and Oil, as they in the Prophet; but they seek not the Lord himself, nor communion and reconciliation with him; they seek to the LORD, but not the LORD: they seek what he can do for them, but not his person, not himself: So those Hos. 7. 14. Ye have not cried to me, says God, when ye 2howled upon your beds. Ye assemble your selves for corn and wine, and rebel against me.
It is to seeke the LORD himselfe: for his face in Scripture is often taken for his person: so the word ⟨p. 133⟩is used Exodus 20. 2. in the first Commandement, Thou shalt have no other gods before my face, that is, 1before mee. So then the meaning is, we must seeke the LORD himselfe. Many, when they are in distresse, will seeke to the Lord for deliverance, in time of Famine, they will seeke to him for Corne and Wine and Oyle, as they in the Prophet; but they seeke not the Lord himselfe, nor communion and reconciliation with him; they seeke to the LORD, but not the LORD: they seeke what he can doe for them, but not his person, not himselfe: So those Hos. 7. 14. Ye have not cryed to me, sayes God, when yee 2