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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Though the Spirit doth it, yet we, in this work 1are to be agents also. Rom. 8. 13. If you through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the flesh; as if he had said, though you do it by the Spirit, yet do you go about it. We may do something to draw the Spirit nigher us; as we may do something to grieve the Spirit, and to smoke him out of the house, so to please the Spirit; as we intend the flame of the Spirit by pure thoughts, so we put him out by foggy thoughts.
Though the Spirit doth it, yet we, in this worke 1are to bee agents also. Rom. 8. 13. If you through the Spirit mortifie the deeds of the flesh; as if hee had said, though you do it by the Spirit, yet do you go about it. We may do something to draw the Spirit nigher us; as we may doe something to grieve the Spirit, and to smoke him out of the house, so to please the Spirit; as wee intend the flame of the Spiritby pure thoughts, so we put him out by foggy thoughts.
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