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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
Sermon 14: THE FOURTEENTH SERMON.Sermon 14: THE FOVRTEENTH SERMON.
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 look how the Lord hath dealt with wicked men; look how the Lord did deal with them that did meddle with holy things, as Nadab, and Abihu, and Uzzah, and the Bethshemites; you know that he destroyed them all, and that with a present destruction: so if thou wilt abuse his name, abuse his holy things, and come unto the Sacraments with an uncircumcised heart, he is the same God still, he is as much offended now, and he is as ready to execute his wrath upon thee, as he was then.
So looke how the Lord hath dealt with wicked men; looke how the Lord did deale with them that did meddle with holy things, as Nadab, and Abihu, and Vzzah, and the Bethshemites; you know that he destroyed them all, and that with a present destruction: so if thou wilt abuse his name, abuse his holy things, and come unto the Sacraments with an uncircumcised heart, he is the same God still, hee is as much offended now, and hee is as ready to execute his wrath upon thee, as he was then.
So look how he dealt with Saul, with the Jews that came out of Egypt, he swore in his wrath, that they should not enter his rest: if thou wilt do the same that they did, rebel against him as they did, he will swear in his wrath, that thou shalt never enter into his rest. As he passed his sentence upon Saul, and as he passeth his sentence upon any: so he will bring it to pass, if thy case be the same, for he is unchangeable.
So looke how hee dealt with Saul, with the Iewes that came out of Egypt, hee swore in his wrath, that they should not enter his rest: if thou wilt doe the same that they did, rebell against him as they did, he will sweare in his wrath, that thou shalt never enter into his rest. As hee passed his sentence upon Saul, and as hee passeth his sentence upon any: so he will bring it to passe, if thy case be the same, for he is unchangeable.