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Grace to the humble· As preparations to receive the Sacrament. Preached
Grace to the humble· As preparations to receive the Sacrament. Preached by the late famous preacher John Preston, Doctor of Divinity, and chaplain in ordinary to his Mtie. Master of Immanuel College, and sometimes preacher in Lincolns-Inn.Grace to the humble· As preparations to receive the Sacrament. Preached by the late famous preacher Iohn Preston, Doctor of Divinity, and chaplen in ordinary to his Mtie. Master of Immanuel Colledge, and sometimes preacher in Lincolnes-Inne.
London: printed by Tho. Cotes for Michael Sparke Junior, 1639London: printed by Tho. Cotes for Michael Sparke Iunior, 1639
Sermon 4: GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. The fourth SERMON.Sermon 4: GRACE TO THE HVMBLE. The fourth SERMON.
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.
2. He doth not as he is commanded. In the Levitical Law if one bought a servant, and he in punishing him dyed under his hands, there was no Law against him, for he was his money. So we may say of every man to whom the Gospel is revealed, that he is ⟨p. 33⟩Christs money; yea Christs blood; for that is the price that hath been paid for him, and laid out for him, and it is his fault that he takes it not; and he shall be accused one day for one that took such a great price, & yet would not serve the Lord Jesus Christ: For as much as ye know ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and Gold from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ. When Christ saw you walking idle in vanity he comes and buys you to his service not with silver and gold, but with his own ⟨p. 34⟩blood, and this he hath done to redeem you from your vain conversation; but if any man walk vainly still, and does not follow Christ, he rejects Christs price, and at the last day it will be objected against him, that he did not serve God for the price that he had received. Therefore let this move you to serve Christ.
2. He doth not as hee is commanded. In the Leviticall Law if one bought a servant, and he in punishi•g him dyed under his hands, there was no Law against him, for he was his mony. So wee may say of every man to whom the Gospel is revealed, that hee is ⟨p. 33⟩Christs money; yea Christs blood; for that is the price that hath beene payd for him, and layd out for him, and it is his fault that hee takes it not; and hee shall be accused one day for one that tooke such a great price, & yet would not serve the Lord Iesus Christ: For as much as yee know yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and Gold from your vaine conversation received by tradition from your fathers, but with the pretious blood of Christ. When Christ saw you walking idle in vanity hee comes and buyes you to his service not with silver and gold, but with his owne ⟨p. 34⟩blood, and this hee hath done to redeeme you from your vaine conversation; but if any man walke vainely still, and does not follow Christ, hee rejects Christs price, and at the last day it will bee objected against him, that hee did not serve God for the price that hee had received. Therefore let this move you to serve Christ.