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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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I come to reasons of it, why it is so.
[…] ⟨p. 1⟩[…] ⟨p. 2⟩[…] ⟨p. 3⟩[…] ⟨p. 4⟩First, he sends sharp afflictions on them because he loves them, they are such as belong to him, and 1the ground of this reason is, because, Ira est tam ex amore quam ex odio; Anger is as much out of love as hatred; it is a true rule though it may seem a paradox, because when one loves another, he desires much from the party beloved and expects much from him, and therefore a cross and stubborn action from such a one provokes more to anger, than from any other man; as from a Son, from a Friend, from a Wife, it woundeth more; and therefore God saith of himself, that he is a jealous God: Jealousy is a mixed affection of love and anger, the meaning is, if I find my peoples affection stealing out from me, I am presently affected, as a jealous husband useth to be in such a case, and there is no anger to that, nor none sooner stirred: God will endure ten times as much from another, but when one that he hath taken into covenant with him, offends him, he is angry, and will therefore be sure to send some sharp affliction on him, which is the fruit of his anger, for his anger is not in vain.
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