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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.
THE SEVENTEENTH SERMON.
EXOD. 3.13, 14. And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say unto me, what is his name; what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM, THAT I AM, &c.
EXOD. 3.13, 14. And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, the God of your fathers hath sent mee unto you, and they shall say unto me, what is his name; what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM, THAT I AM, &c.
Use 5 Again, If GOD be present with us, this should stir us up to walk with him,1 to be present with him. Shall he be present with us, wheresoever we are; when we go by the way, or lie in our beds, or sit in our houses? and shall not we take notice of his presence, and direct our ⟨p. 160⟩thoughts to him, and apply our selves to him? It is an exceeding great dishonour to him. You know, a great man, when he is with you, if you neglect him, and apply your selves to inferior men, he will take it as a great wrong done unto him, to let him sit alone, and not to regard him. And when the Lord is with us from day to day, will you not take notice of him? Let them consider this, that suffer days to pass without any calling upon the Lord, that never think of him, nor consider that he beholds all that they do: You know, it was the only commendation of Enoch, that he walked with God.