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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
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4 Besides, let a man consider what he doth in these services that immediately concern the Lord himself. If a man shall study much, and pray little; if a man shall spend all his time in his calling about worldly business, and little time for duties to build up himself in knowledge, as in prayer and reading, &c. it is a sign that he doth it, not for the Lord, but for himself; for he that seeks not the Lord, in that which is done to his person, he doth it not in that which is done in outward works; he that will not be faithful in the greater, and that which God doth immediately command in his worship, he will never be faithful in those things which are further off, that are of less consequence, Act. 6.4.1 It was an argument they gave themselves in integrity, to the ministry of the Word, because they gave themselves to prayer as well as it; they did, as it were, divide the time between both; if we were to preach only, say the Apostles, we could then wait upon Tables, but one half of our time is to be taken up in prayer, the other in preaching: and if you thus divide the time, it is a sign you look to the Lord.
4 Besides, let a man consider what he doth in these services that immediatly concerne the Lord himselfe. If a man shall study much, and pray little; if a man shall spend all his time in his calling about worldly businesse, and little time for duties to build up himselfe in knowledge, as in prayer and reading, &c. it is a signe that he doth it, not for the Lord, but for himselfe; for he that seekes not the Lord, in that which is done to his person, he doth it not in that which is done in outward workes; he that will not be faithfull in the greater, and that which God doth immediately command in his worship, he will never be faithfull in those things which are further off, that are of lesse consequence, Act. 6.4.1 It was an argument they gave themselves in integrity, to the ministry of the Word, because they gave themselves to prayer as well as it; they did, as it were, divide the time between both; if we were to preach only, say the Apostles, we could then wait upon Tables, but one halfe of our time is to be taken up in prayer, the other in preaching: and if you thus divide the time, it is a signe you look to the Lord.