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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.
When thou hast done this; add a third, namely 1exercise, to overcome it: as Saint Paul says to Timothy, exercise thy self to godliness. Think of these things, 1 Tim. 4. 15. if thy failing be in good, accustom thy self to the duty; if in bad, ⟨p. 250⟩disuse it, and that will exceedingly help thee. A Child that could not want the teat for an hour or two, yet being disused and weaned a while, seeks not after it: and do this against your bosom sin; that sin that hangs on thee more then the rest, single out, and do thus to it, as David, Psal. 18. kept himself from his iniquity.2
When thou hast done this; adde a third, namely 1exercise, to overcome it: as Saint Paul sayes to Timothy, exercise thy selfe to godlinesse. Thinke of these things, 1 Tim. 4. 15. if thy failing bee in good, accustome thy selfe to the duty; if in bad, ⟨p. 250⟩disuse it, and that will exceedingly helpe thee. A Child that could not want the teat for an houre or two, yet being disused and weaned a while, seeks not after it: and doe this against your bosome sin; that sinne that hangs on thee more then the rest, single out, and doe thus to it, as David, Psal. 18. kept himself from his iniquity.2
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