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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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Learn from hence to fear the Lord, to tremble at his words, and seeing he will endure no uncleanness 1in his own people, stand in awe and sin not: labour to bring your hearts to such a constitution, to such an awful respect as to fear to omit any good duty, or commit the least sin, and this had need to be urged upon you, for it is the cause of all that laxiture and looseness in our profession, that we do not fear the Lord as we should. If we had ⟨p. 7⟩the fear of the Lord before our eyes (as the Apostles speaks Rom. 3.) that is, if we saw the Lord so as to fear him, we should walk warily and look how, and where we set every step, and the reason why you are so uneven and not like your selves, is from want of the fear of the Lord: Now the reason of that phrase of the Apostle that the fear of God is said to be before your eyes is from the nature of fear, Timor figit oculum, as if a man be busy about any thing, if there be any thing that he fears, he will still have an eye to that, and he watcheth least it should come with some by blow, when he thinks not of it, and so doth the fear of the Lord work where it is, it fasteneth our eyes on him: And if the Lord were thus before our eyes to fear him, it would make us walk more evenly and more constantly with him. And therefore when the holy Ghost in Scripture would choose to commend a man, he singles out this property, especially of fearing God, as that Job was an upright man fearing God, and so speaking of Cornelius, it is said that he was, a just man fearing God, and so Abraham when he would express the wickedness of the Court of Abimelech, he says, the fear of the Lord is not in this place, that is, there is no religion nor good men, God is not regarded there, and the more fear, the less sin, stand in awe 2and sin not.
Learne from hence to feare the Lord, to tremble at his words, and seeing he will endure no uncleannesse 1in his owne people, stand in aw and sin not: labour to bring your hearts to such a constitution, to such an awfull respect as to feare to omit any good duty, or commit the least sinne, and this had need to be urged upon you, for it is the cause of all that laxiture and loosenesse in our profession, that we doe not feare the Lord as we should. If we had