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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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The meaning of the promise is not, as if Satan should fly away as thou shouldest hear of him no more, or that thy lusts should never return upon thee again; but that if thou wilt be peremptory, thou shalt have the victory in that particular combat. As if when thou hast a fever, if one comes and tells thee, take such a receipt and thou shalt be cured; his meaning is not, that thou shalt so be cured, as never to have Fever again, but that thou shalt be healed for the present: so in that particular combat, thou shalt have the victory.
The meaning of the promise is not, as if Sathan should fly away as thou shouldest heare of him no more, or that thy lusts should never returne upon thee againe; but that if thou wilt be peremptory, thou shalt have the victory in that particular combate. As if when thou hast a feaver, if one comes and tells thee, take such a receipt and thou shalt bee cured; his meaning is not, that thou shalt so bee cured, as never to have Feaver againe, but that thou shalt be healed for the present: so in that particular combate, thou shalt have the victory.
Strive constantly and conscionably, and though it 1doth return again and again, the Lord takes notice of all thy pains and warring against it: that which he says to the Church of Ephesus,