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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 if thou wert not thus bound, yet he hath deserved it at thy hands; and both these we find 1urged by the Apostle, 1 Cor. 1. 12. 13. was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized into the name of Paul? these were men among the Corinthians that did not seek Christ alone in their professing of Christ, for one was for Paul, and another for Apollos, another for Cephas: (but says the Apostle) is Christ divided? if Christ indeed had been divided amongst these three, they might have sought them; but Christ stands alone against them all; and therefore they were to seek Christ alone; and he brings these two arguments for it:
And if thou wert not thus bound, yet hee hath deserved it at thy hands; and both these wee find 1urged by the Apostle, 1 Cor. 1. 12. 13. was Paul crucified for you, or were you baptized into the name of Paul? these were men among the Corinthians that did not seeke Christ alone in their professing of Christ, for one was for Paul, and another for Apollos, another for Cephas: (but sayes the Apostle) is Christ divided? if Christ indeed had been divided amongst these three, they might have sought them; but Christ stands alone against them all; and therfore they were to seeke Christ alone; and he brings these two arguments for it:
Because they were baptized into the Name of 1Christ, and not of Paul or any other: and secondly, was Paul crucified for you? that is, was not Christ crucified?