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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 answer stands upon these two points.1
- 1Answ. A man may seek, and love himselfAnsw. A man may seeke, and love himselfe
First, it is true that a man may seek and love himself, and desire his own happiness, yea and all his actions may take their rise from thence; so as to be moved in seeking the LORD, in doing what he doth with a respect to his own good and safety, and that this is so, take these reasons.
First, it is true that a man may seeke and love himselfe, and desire his owne happinesse, yea and all his actions may take their rise from thence; so as to be moved in seeking the LORD, in doing what he doth with a respect to his own good and safety, and that this is so, take these reasons.
Because GOD hath commanded it, for he bids us love our neighbour as our selves: where it is taken 1for granted, that we must love our selves, because loving our selves is made the prima mensura, the rule of loving our neighbour. Now to love a ⟨p. 143⟩mans self, what is it but to seek a mans own good?
Because GOD hath commanded it, for hee bids us love our neighbour as our selves: where it is taken 1