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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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A man is commanded not to kill himself, or to 1hurt himself, and by the rule of contraries he is thereby commanded to seek the preservation of himself, and his own good: For as when we expound the commandment Thou shalt not kill, as suppose thy neighbour, we say it includes this affirmative command, thou shalt seek the good of thy neighbour; so when we expound it of our selves, we are to understand it as not only forbidding us to destroy our selves, but as commanding to preserve our selves, and to seek our own safety.
A man is commanded not to kill himselfe, or to 1hurt himselfe, and by the rule of contraries hee is thereby commanded to seeke the preservation of himselfe, and his owne good: For as when we expound the commandement Thou shalt not kill, as suppose thy neighbour, wee say it includes this affirmative command, thou shalt seeke the good of thy neighbour; so when wee expound it of our selves, we are to understand it as not onely forbidding us to destroy our selves, but as commanding to preserve our selves, and to seeke our owne safety.
- 12 Negative commands imply the affirmative.
It is impossible for the creature, not to will its 1own happiness; the Lord doth not command that which is simply impossible even to pure nature: but it is the nature of every thing that hath an appetite, appetere bonum sibi, to desire that which is good for it self.
It is impossible for the creature, not to will its 1owne happinesse; the Lord doth not command that which is simply impossible even to pure nature: but it is the nature of every thing that hath an appetite, appetere bonum sibi, to desire that which is good for it selfe.