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Life eternalLife eternall
Life eternal or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.
London: printed by Richard, 1631
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.
1That, which breeds this assent in them, is, but a common gift of the Holy Ghost; but that, with which the Saints believe them, is a special grace infused, wrought by the Holy Ghost: now, that which hath a weaker cause, must needs have a weaker effect; that which is wrought by a common, cannot be so strong an assent, as that which ⟨p. 63⟩is wrought by an infused habit of the Holy Ghost; therefore the faith of the Saints is stronger than the faith of the wicked.
1That, which breeds this assent in them, is, but a common gift of the Holy Ghost; but that, with which the Saints beleeve them, is a speciall grace infused, wrought by the Holy Ghost: now, that which hath a weaker cause, must needs have a weaker effect; that which is wrought by a common, cannot be so strong an assent, as that which ⟨p. 63⟩is wrought by an infused habit of the Holy Ghost; therefore the faith of the Saints is stronger than the faith of the wicked.
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The Saints, the regenerate men,1 build their hope, comfort and happiness upon the truth of these principles, as that there is a GOD, that rules Heaven and Earth, and that the Scriptures are his Word, and whatsoever is in them, is truth, they build all upon these; therefore, if any doubts arise, they can never be at rest, till faith hath resolved them, and wrought them out: with another man it is not so; he takes these things upon trust, and believes them, as others do, but he doth not much trouble himself about them; and therefore, if any doubts come against them, he suffers them to lye there, and goes on in a careless manner: But with the Saints it is not so; they building their hope upon them, do therefore resolve to suffer any thing for God, they will be content to lose all for Him, if occasion requires, and therefore they are upon sure ground; but the other, they do but receive upon trust, and therefore they do not cleave to him in that manner that the Saints do.