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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.
If a man would go to the Lord, and say to him, Lord, I have such a lust, and cannot overcome it, and I want grief and sorrow for sin, thou that hast an almighty power, thou that didst draw light out of darkness, thou art able to make such a change in my heart, thou hast an almighty power, and to thee nothing is impossible. I say, let a man do so, and the Lord will put forth his power, to effect the thing that thou desirest. Surely he which establisheth the earth upon nothing, and keeps the wind in his fists, and bounds the water as in a garment, can fix the most unsettled mind, and the wildest disposition, and set bounds to the most loose and intemperate.
If a man would goe to the Lord, and say to him, Lord, I have such a lust, and cannot overcome it, and I want griefe and sorrow for sinne, thou that hast an allmighty power, thou that didst draw light out of darknesse, thou art able to make such a change in my heart, thou hast an allmighty power, and to thee nothing is impossible. I say, let a man doe so, and the Lord will put forth his power, to effect the thing that thou desirest. Surely hee which establisheth the earth upon nothing, and keepes the winde in his fists, and bounds the water as in a garment, can fixe the most unsetled minde, and the wildest disposition, and set bounds to the most loose and intemperate.
Use 3 If God be almighty, you must believe this almightiness of his:1 and whereas you say, we doubt not of his power, but of his will; I will show to you, that all our doubts, and discouragements and dejections do arise from hence, not because you think the LORD will not, but because you think he cannot. Therefore you know not your own hearts in this, in saying that you doubt not of the power of GOD.2 I will make this good to you by these arguments.
Vse 3 If God be allmighty, you must beleeve this allmightinesse of his: