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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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When a good action is to be done, thou carest not so much that it be done, but thy self would be the doer of it, for thy credit, &c. as Diotrephes, he was a froward man, but himself would do all; but wouldest thou do it, though the fame thereof were not known? dost thou desire to have it done, though another man do it? and thinkest, it is no matter by whose hand the work goes forward, so that it goes forward.
When a good action is to bee done, thou carest not so much that it be done, but thy selfe would be the doer of it, for thy credit, &c. as Diotrephes, he was a froward man, but himselfe would doe all; but wouldest thou doe it, though the fame thereof were not knowne? dost thou desire to have it done, though another man doe it? and thinkest, it is no matter by whose hand the worke goes forward, so that it goes forward.
Again, secondly what doest thou, when there 1is a separation made, a partition betwixt the business of the Lord, and thine own credit? art thou yet then as careful? when two go together, it is ⟨p. 168⟩not known who is the master of the servant of one of them that follows them both, till they part, so when thy credit and Gods glory go together, it is not known for which of them thou doest it; but there are times when our own and the Lords business will be separated, and then consider what thou doest, is it so, that because thou art not the first in a business, thou wilt do nothing at all? or if thou shalt not be seen in it; it is a sign thou doest it for thy self, and not for the Lord: when two men are to carry a beam into a house, if both strive to go 2in first, they carry it in a cross; whereas if they would be content to come one after the other, it would go right in; so often great works both for Church and State, might be done that are thus hindered, or are carried cross, because men are not willing that others should go before him.