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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.
So I gave them over to their own hearts lust, and they walked in their own counsels: that is, my judgement shall be executed upon their spirits, to leave them to an unjudicious mind. Again, on the other side, when the Lord would do a man the greatest kindness, then he fashions his spirit another way. Deut. 30.6.1 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live: as if he should say, when I mind to do you a kindness, then I will thus fashion your hearts aright. So Ezek. 36.26.2 A new heart also will I give unto you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you an heart of flesh. The Scripture is plentiful in this. Therefore if thou wouldest observe what the LORD is to thee, look how he fashions thy spirit: if thou findest that he leaves thee to unruly affections and lusts, and leaves thee to be glued to that from which thou shouldest be divorced; ⟨p. 28⟩or that he hath left thee in bondage to the fear of men, as a snare to thee, there is no greater judgement in the world than this, as it is the greatest mercy on the contrary. Therefore in 2 Tim. 4.22.3 Paul prays, The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit: as if he should say, this is the greatest mercy that I can wish thee, and the greatest good that God can do thee, and therefore he wisheth God to be with his spirit.
So I gave them over to their owne hearts lust, and they walked in their owne counsells: that is, my judgement shall be executed upon their spirits, to leave them to an unjudicious minde. Againe, on the other side, when the Lord would doe a man the greatest kindnesse, then he fashions his spirit another way.