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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.
And the last doctrine is,
That, take away the sin, the cross will surely follow, and be taken away also: either it, or the sting of 1it; so as it shall be as good as no cross. An Affliction consists not in the bulk of it, but in the burden. What is a serpent without a sting? what is a great bulk, if it have no weight? God can so fashion the heart, as that it shall not feel the burden of it.
That, take away the sinne, the crosse will surely follow, and bee taken away also: either it, or the sting of 1it; so as it shall be as good as no crosse. An Affliction consists not in the bulke of it, but in the burthen. What is a serpent without a sting? what is a great bulk, if it have no waight? God can so fashion the heart, as that it shall not feele the burden of it.
- 1Doct. 3. Sin removed, calamity removed.
1. Because crosses do come for sin. Indeed, some are not for sin, but for trial, for the confirmation 1