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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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But if there be any broken-hearted sinner desiring 1to fear the Lord, and serve him sincerely, that have this witness in their consciences, that though they do not that good they would, yet they strive against all sins, allow themselves in none, whether small or great; to you I say, that of the Apostle, 1 Pet. 1. 13. Trust perfectly on the grace brought unto you by the revelation of Jesus Christ, [Greek or Hebrew], 2trust not by halves, but trust perfectly: if I had bidden you trust in your sanctification; you might have done it imperfectly, because your sanctification is but imperfect; but seeing it is the free grace of God is brought to you as a rock to trust and ⟨p. 268⟩rely upon; trust perfectly upon it; commit all your weight and burden to it; Heb. 6. 18. God, when he made the covenant of grace, took an oath to that end, that we might have strong consolation; this is an argument commonly forgotten among Christians, and so they want that strong consolation which they might have. Do you think it a small matter, to take an oath of God partly and in any degree in vain? God hath sworn that you might have strong consolation, and he would have it so strong, that when Satan sets upon you, it may be as a strong fortress to hold out against all assaults; why is your faith so weak then? what are the impediments?3
But if there bee any broken-hearted sinner desiring 1to feare the Lord, and serve him sincerely, that have this witnesse in their consciences, that though they doe not that good they would, yet they strive against all sins, allow themselves in none, whether small or great; to you I say, that of the Apostle, 1 Pet. 1. 13. Trust perfectly on the grace brought unto you by the revelation of Iesus Christ, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉,