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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.
Consider, whether your minds gather an holy magnanimity even from hence,1 that you have the Lord for your God: for, if he be most perfect, if he hath the fullness of all things in him; then if you have him, the mind is ready to grow to an holy kind of greatness; for it is the greatness of the object, that makes the mind great: and the greatness of the mind appears in this, that it doth not esteem small things. Animo magno nihil est magnum; When a man can, out of this consideration, that the LORD is my Sun, and shield, and exceeding great reward, contemn and reckon all things else as matters of small moment; it is an argument that he hath, in truth, apprehended God, as he ought to apprehend him. I say, this is true holy magnanimity: there is a false magnanimity; whereas mens minds are great, because they grow great with men, because of their great hopes, and riches, and great learning; this is a false greatness, because it draws men from God; it is such a greatness as ⟨p. 135⟩the arm hath, when it is swelled, which riseth not from the strength and true greatness of it, but from the weakness of it. This is of an ill kind; but there is another kind of greatness, when the mind grows therefore to an holy magnanimity, because it is set upon the great God: as David, he had such a magnanimity, Psal. 27.1.3.2 The LORD is my light, and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? Though an host of men should encamp against me, my heart should not fear, &c.
COnsider, whether your mindes gather an holy magnanimitie even from hence,1 that you have the Lord for your God: for, if he be most perfect, if hee hath the fulnesse of all things in him; then if you have him, the minde is ready to grow to an holy kind of greatnesse; for it is the greatnesse of the object, that makes the minde great: and the greatnesse of the minde appears in this, that it doth not esteeme smal things. Animo magno nihil est magnum; When a man can, out of this consideration, that the LORD is my Sunne, and shield, and exceeding great reward, contemne and reckon all things else as matters of small moment; it is an argument that he hath, in truth, apprehended God, as hee ought to apprehend him. I say, this is true holy magnanimity: there is a false magnanimity; whereas mens mindes are great, because they grow great with men, because of their great hopes, and riches, and great learning; this is a false greatnesse, because it drawes men from God; it is such a greatnesse as