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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.
The Second part is, that he will pardon their sins, 1and it is of all other mercies the greatest, for sin hinders all good things, and openeth a gap to all evils, and therefore David saith, Blessed is the man, whose sin is forgiven: of all requests it is the greatest that we can make, and of all grants the greatest that God vouchsafeth.
The Second part is, that he will pardon their sins, 1and it is of all other mercies the greatest, for sin hinders all good things, and openeth a gap to all evills, and therefore David saith, Blessed is the man, whose sin is forgiven: of all requests it is the greatest that wee can make, and of all grants the greatest that God vouchsafeth.
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Now this promise is farther set forth by two things.