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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.
We will first prove it to you from all his attributes.
Wee will first prove it to you from all his attributes.
1 From his truth, the Lord hath said it, and this is argument enough, to persuade you: And therefore 1having made this promise of forgiveness in the verse before, that he would subdue their iniquities and cast their sins into the depths of the Sea, he adds, thou 2wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. As if he had said, you must rest persw G•d of this: for he hath not only promised it, but hath sworn it, and that oath not taken lately, but of old; there is an oath to it, and an old one, an oath that hath many witnesses, Abraham and Jacob, and all the fathers that have been since: and will he not, think you, be as good as his word? and that Acts 10. 43. To him give all the Prophets 3witness, that through his name, whosoever believeth in him, shall receive remission of sins. It is Saint Peters speech to Cornelius; says Peter, we deliver this from God to you, and not only we that are the Apostles say this, but to this truth do all the Prophets, Isay, Jeremiah, and all the rest bear witness. Now when the Lord hath said such things, and made an absolute promise, he expects you should believe it. It is a greater sin then you imagine, not to lay hold upon such promises. See how the Lord reasons ⟨p. 257⟩it 1 John 5. 9. 10, 11