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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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And then secondly, you will never hold out 1in seeking the Lord; and if you do not hold out, then all your labour will be lost, Ezek. 18. though 2a man hath been righteous all his days; yet if he fall from God, all his righteousness shall be forgotten: and such a man as seeks not the Lord for himself, will fall away, as appears by that, Hos. 7. 16. They return, but not to the most High: they ⟨p. 154⟩3are like a deceitful bow; that is, when a man turns to the LORD, but not for himself, he will return again, and start aside like a broken bow; for if he attain those ends for which he sought the Lord, his seeking is at an end. See this in Amaziah, 2 Chron. 25. he went far in obedience, but 4yet he did not seek the Lord in it, he was content to lose an hundred talents, and to send back the Israelites he had hired therewith (which was such a trial as even a good man might have failed in it) yet he did not seek the Lord in this, he was persuaded, that if he had taken the Israelites along with him, he should have lost the battle, which was his chiefest end in that action; he believed the Prophet so far, and so sought his safety alone, and because he sought not the Lord, therefore he held not out; but when he was put to other trials, to new temptations, and saw another worship, it pleased him, and he left the Lord; and started aside like a broken bow: as a bow that is rotten (though otherwise fair) when an arrow is drawn to the head; and so many brought up in good families, when they come into new company, and trials, they fall away because they sought not the Lord himself.
And then secondly, you will never hold out 1