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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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But men will be ready to say, we do seek the 1Lords face. Therefore I will give you rules to distinguish, and to help men to discern whether they seek the Lord or no.
But men will be ready to say, we doe seeke the 1Lords face. Therefore I will give you rules to distinguish, and to helpe men to discerne whether they seeke the Lord or no.
- 1How to know when we seek the Lords face.
Consider what opinion thou hast of thy self 1Every man that is regenerate, at his regeneration changeth his opinion of himself, as Saint Paul, 2Rom. 7. It is no longer I, but sin. Before he was Regenerate, sin was himself; but now there was a new Lord come into the house, that renewed-self, the Regenerate part; and that which before was wholly himself, he now speaks of as one crept in, as of an Inmate, that should not be there. Now if thou reckonest the Regenerate part thy self, then thou hast sought the Lords presence: for that part is thereby strengthened. The perfection of this self stands in conjunction with the Lord, and so ⟨p. 156⟩seeks him; if not, but thou accountest flesh in thee thy self, it is impossible thou shouldest seek God aright, for God and it are contraries: A regenerate man says, let me have God, and what ever I lose, whether life, liberty, yet my self is safe; he considers still chiefly, whether doth this tend to the safety of my self or no? and though he is content, and would have the outward man do well too; as if I have a fair house to dwell in, I would have it