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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
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And secondly, that the other regenerate part is 1called a mans self, which a godly man reckons so rather then the other, we have an express place for it, Rom. 7. It is not I, but sin that dwells in me, 2that is, not the regenerate part which I account my self, but sin which I account but an inmate; dwelling within my roof; which yet is called a mans self, for the like reason aforesaid, because spread over the whole man; and now it is easy to conceive, how the preservation of himself may stand, with exposing himself to destruction, and how a man may seek the Lord in opposition to himself.
And secondly, that the other regenerate part is 1called a mans selfe, which a godly man reckons so rather then the other, we have an expresse place for it, Rom. 7. It is not I, but sinne that dwells in mee, 2that is, not the regenerate part which I account my selfe, but sinne which I account but an inmate; dwelling within my roofe; which yet is called a mans selfe, for the like reason aforesaid, because spread over the whole man; and now it is easie to conceive, how the preservation of himselfe may stand, with exposing himselfe to destruction, and how a man may seeke the Lord in opposition to himselfe.
- 12 The regenerate part.
- 2Rom. 7.