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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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When a man hath a true apprehension of eternal life and death, he comes to know what sin and Grace 1is, and never before: till a man knows eternal death, he looks on sin as a trifle, as a thing of nought; therefore the wise man saith, they despise their ways; but this apprehension is it, which helps to present sin in its l•vely colours, and so also the price of grace is then understood, when it is apprehended, as drawing with it everlasting happiness, as the needle draws the thread.
When a man hath a true apprehension of eternall life and death, he comes to know what sin and Grace 1is, and never before: till a man knowes eternall death, he looks on sin as a trifle, as a thing of nought; therefore the wise man saith, they despise their waies; but this apprehension is it, which helpes to present sin in its l•vely colours, and so also the price of grace is then understood, when it is apprehended, as drawing with it everlasting happinesse, as the needle drawes the threed.
- 1Answ. How men come to know sin and grace.Answ. How men come to know sinne and grace.
The second thing is the consideration of the 1terms, for there is no turning without going from one term to another; and there is no true turning, except it be from Satan, and the creature, and your own selves to God. Of this you read in Acts 26. 18. that Saint Paul was sent to open their eyes, and 2