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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. › Doctrine 2THE GOLDEN SCEPTER. › Doctrine 2
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.
First says he, they are my people, they are his 1own, and therefore he is full of bowels of compassion towards them, as a man is to his own child, because it is his, Hosea 11. 8. thou art mine, and I cannot 2deal with thee as with a stranger, for my bowels are turned within me, as it is there, when it came to the casting away of his child, he cannot do it. So, 1 Sam. 12. 22. The Lord will not forsake you, for you are his people. And so also, […] 7. 18. Who is 3a god like unto our God, that pard••• […] iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of thine heritage? there lies the reason; they are a remnant, they are chosen out of the rest of the world, and to them he is so merciful, as there is none like unto him, it would make a man stand amazed at it.
First sayes hee, they are my people, they are his 1owne, and therefore hee is full of bowels of compassion towards them, as a man is to his owne child, because it is his, Hosea 11. 8. thou art mine, and I cannot 2deale with thee as with a stranger, for my bowells are turned within me, as it is there, when it came to the casting away of his child, he cannot do it. So, 1 Sam. 12. 22. The Lord will not forsake you, for you are his people. And so also, 〈…〉 7. 18. Who is 3a god like unto our God, that pard••• 〈…〉 iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of thine heritage? there lies the reason; they are a remnant, they are chosen out of the rest of the world, and to them hee is so mercifull, as there is none like unto him, it would make a man stand amazed at it.