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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.
Indeed, in this case when it is hurtful to the body, there it may be omitted; the Lord will have mercy rather than sacrifice, even mercy upon your bodies. So also, when you find that it hurts the inward man, and hinders it, when the heart doth it out of a conceit, that it may perform it the better, then there is a liberty left unto you to dispense with it.
Indeed, in this case when it is hurtfull to the body, there it may be omitted; the Lord will have mercie rather than sacrifice, even mercie upon your bodies. So also, when you finde that it hurts the inward man, and hinders it, when the heart doth it out of a conceit, that it may performe it the better, then there is a libertie left unto you to dispense with it.
As I say for prayer, so for other duties: when a man comes to hear the word, he saith, my mind is intent enough, though I make not such a show; yet notwithstanding know this, that thou must behave thy self reverently when thou comest before God. You shall see in Luke 4. when Christ preached,1 it is said, that the eyes of all the people were fastened upon him. Why is such a corporal gesture noted in the text? is it in vain? No, because it is a comely gesture, therefore it is to be regarded.
As I say for prayer, so for other duties: when a man comes to heare the word, hee saith, my minde is intent enough, though I make not such a shew; yet notwithstanding know this, that thou must behave thy self reverently when thou commest before God. You shall see in Luke 4. when Christ preached,1 it is said, that the eyes of all the people were fastened upon him. Why is such a corporall gesture noted in the text? is it in vaine? No, because it is a comely gesture, therefore it is to be regarded.