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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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And it is called a Law, because it commands 1powerfully, as a Law which hath authority in it; effectually inclining and carrying the heart on to do what the Law without commands; and on the contrary, it doth forbid with efficacy and power the committing of sin, and it hath this power in it, because it is the very power, virtue and fruit of the resurrection of Christ, and is the immediate work of the Spirit, who is stronger than Satan, the world, and the flesh.
And it is called a Law, because it commands 1powerfully, as a Law which hath authority in it; effectually inclining and carrying the heart on to do what the Law without commands; and on the contrary, it doth forbid with efficacy and power the committing of sin, and it hath this power in it, because it is the very power, vertue and fruit of the resurrection of Christ, and is the immediate worke of the Spirit, who is stronger than Satan, the world, and the flesh.
- 1Why it is called a law