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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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Because these evil ways are so pleasant to us, 1so suitable to all men, according as mens several ⟨p. 225⟩fancies do pitch. Now it is a rule in morality, that those things are most difficult, about which joys and griefs are conversant, and therefore the chief employment and end and use of virtue, is to order them and guide them a right.
Because these evill wayes are so pleasant to us, 1so suitable to all men, according as mens severall ⟨p. 225⟩fancies do pitch. Now it is a rule in morality, that those things are most difficult, about which joyes and griefes are conversant, and therfore the chief imployment and end and use of vertue, is to order them and guide them a right.
- 1Reas. 1. They are pleasant.
Because they are rooted in nature, and are agreeable 1to a mans natural disposition; and it is hard to stop the current of nature, which way soever it takes, especially running down the hill: And then besides, education adds to nature; and custom as another nature, addeth strength to sin; and Satan adds to all these: For when lusts lie as sparks under embers, he blows them up. And to all these ad the joining of wicked men, among whom we live, and who live with us in the same courses. Therefore in Ephes. 2. The course of the world, and 2