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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 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.
So look how he did deal in John Baptists time, and as it was with them, Now the axe is laid to the root of the tree, when the Gospel, and the means of grace, and the spring-time of the word began; because they did not regard it then, they were cast off: the time of their ignorance God regards not so much; but then he called upon every one to repent, and because they did not come in then, he deferred not his judgement. That upon which I ground this, you ⟨p. 101⟩shall find in two places of Scripture. 2 Pet. 2.4. If the LORD did so with the Angels, spared not them, saith he, he is the same GOD, and therefore he knows how to reserve the unjust to the day of judgement, and especially those that are unclean: the ground of it is his unchangeableness. The other place is in 1 Cor. 10. You know what he did to the Israelites, saith he, he will do the same to you: therefore do you take heed, that you do not commit fornication, as some of them committed, and died in the wilderness, &c.