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The new covenantThe nevv covenant
The new covenant, or the saints portion A treatise unfolding the all-sufficiency of God, and mans uprightness, and the covenant of grace. delivered in fourteen sermons upon Gen. 17. 1. 2. Whereunto are adjoined four sermons upon Eccles. 9.1. 2. 11. 12. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ John Preston. Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.The nevv covenant, or the saints portion A treatise vnfolding the all-sufficiencie of God, and mans uprightnes, and the covenant of grace. delivered in fourteene sermons vpon Gen. 17. 1. 2. Wherevnto are adioyned foure sermons vpon Eccles. 9.1. 2. 11. 12. By the late faithfull and worthie minister of Iesus Christ Iohn Preston. Dr. in Divinitie, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiestie, maister of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by I. Dawson for Nicolas Bourne, 1629
Part › Sermon 4: THE FOURTH SERMON.Part › Sermon 4: THE FOVRTH SERMON.
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Secondly.1 Consider with thy self, that the Lord doth this to humble thee. It may be, he is as willing §2to be bestow a greater measure of grace,2 but he dispenseth a lesser measure; it is that the heart may be kept humble: for humility is the nurse of graces, take away that and grace withers in the heart. And therefore when he is willing to bestow a mercy, or a grace on us, he doth as he did with Jacob, he leaves a lameness together with it, he will not so bestow it on us, that he will make us perfect, but he leaves some defects, some wants, that by that, humility may be preserved, and that may cause us to cleave to him, and depend upon him, that he may keep us from an All-sufficiency in our selves, and teach us to wait on him: for without that he doth not communicate, and dispense unto us that sufficiency that is in himself.
Secondly.1 Consider with thy selfe, that the Lord doth this to humble thee. It may be, he is as willing §2to be bestow a greater measure of grace,2 but he dispenseth a lesser measure; it is that the heart may be kept humble: for humilitie is the nurse of graces, take away that and grace withers in the heart. And therefore when he is willing to bestow a mercy, or a grace on vs, he doth as he did with Iacob, he leaves a lamenesse together with it, he will not so bestow it on vs, that he will make vs perfect, but he leaues some defects, some wants, that by that, humilitie may be preserved, and that may cause vs to cleaue to him, and depend vpon him, that he may keepe vs from an All-sufficiencie in our selues, and teach vs to waite on him: for without that he doth not communicate, and dispense vnto vs that sufficiencie that is in himselfe.
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