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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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Hear you me, all ye that are upright and sincere in heart, here is your comfort, continue thus to seek Gods face, and all your sins shall be as if they had never been committed by you: and what is said of the sins of Israel and Judah, Jer. 50. 20. The iniquity of Jacob shall be sought for, and there 1shall none be found: so shall thine be in the day when they shall be sought for: Is not this a great and unspeakable mercy? A man shall be as if he had never committed sin: even as if he ⟨p. 271⟩were as innocent as Adam was in Paradise.2
Heare you mee, all yee that are upright and sincere in heart, here is your comfort, continue thus to seeke Gods face, and all your sinnes shall bee as if they had never beene committed by you: and what is said of the sinnes of Israel and Iudah, Ier. 50. 20. The iniquity of Iacob shall bee sought for, and there 1shall none be found: so shall thine be in the day when they shall be sought for: Is not this a great and unspeakeable mercy? A man shall bee as if hee had never committed sinne: even as if hee ⟨p. 271⟩were as innocent as Adam was in Paradise.2
- 1Jer. 50. 20.Ier. 50. 20.
- 2Object.