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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.
When thou hast such a habit lying in thy soul,1 the more thou readest the Word, and acquaintest thy self with it,2 day by day, the more stronger doth thy faith grow, Rom. 10.3 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of GOD, that is, it is a means, by which God works it, both in the beginning and increase of it. Therefore take that exhortation, which is in Coloss. 3.16.4 Let the Word dwell in you plenteously, &c. that is, let it not come as a stranger, looking to it now and then, (as it is the fashion of most men) but let it be familiar with you, let it dwell with you, and let it dwell with you plentifully; that is, read not a Chapter or two, but all the Word; be not content to know one part of it, but know it throughout. Lastly, let it be in wisdom; A man may read much, and understand little, because he knows not the meaning of it; a child may be able to say much by hart, and yet not have it in wisdom: therefore let the Word dwell plentifully in you, in all wisdom.
When thou hast such a habit lying in thy soule,1 the more thou readest the Word, and acquaintest thy selfe with it,2 day by day, the more stronger doth thy faith grow, Rom. 10.3 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of GOD, that is, it is a meanes, by which God workes it, both in the beginning and increase of it. Therefore take that exhortation, which is in Coloss. 3.16