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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. › Doctrine 7THE GOLDEN SCEPTER. › Doctrine 7
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Secondly, it must be a deep, fixed, and settled apprehension: 1for sometimes a man that shall never be saved, may be moved with the present apprehension of eternal death, and life; but it is as a storm soon blown over, but in him that shall be saved, it is set on by the spirit of bondage, and such an impression made, as will never out, but he still remembers it; and this is that true apprehension which moves to repentance.
Secondly, it must be a deepe, fix'd, and setled apprehension: 1for sometimes a man that shall never be saved, may be moved with the present apprehension of eternall death, and life; but it is as a storme soone blowne over, but in him that shall be saved, it is set on by the spirit of bondage, and such an impression made, as will never out, but he still remembers it; and this is that true apprehension which moves to repentance.
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But some will say, can a man be wrought upon 1by the mere apprehensions of eternal life and ⟨p. 190⟩death, to turn from his evil ways, without an apprehension of sin and grace?
But some will say, can a man be wrought upon 1by the meere apprehensions of eternall life and ⟨p. 190⟩death, to turne from his evill wayes, without an apprehension of sin and grace?