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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
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.
First, that in doing this, I took hold of folly, §1though my wisdom,1 in some measure, restrained me, yet I took hold of folly; That is the nature of these things, when a man is conversant with them, they deprive him of wisdom, they lead him on to folly; That is; They draw a man on to sensible and outward things, to corporal things, they abstract and withdraw his mind from God, and from wisdom, and from spiritual things; this I found, saith he, that the more I had to do with them, the more my wisdom forsook me, the more I took hold of folly, the more it grew upon me, the worse I was by meddling with them, and by being conversant with them.
First, that in doing this, I tooke hold of folly, §1though my wisedome,1 in some measure, restrained me, yet I tooke hold of folly; That is the nature of these things, when a man is conversant with them, they depriue him of wisedome, they leade him on to folly; That is; They draw a man on to sensible and outward things, to corporall things, they abstract and withdraw his minde from God, and from wisedome, and from spirituall things; this I found, sayth he, that the more I had to doe with them, the more my wisedome forsooke me, the more I tooke hold of folly, the more it grew vpon me, the worse I was by medling with them, and by being conversant with them.
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Secondly; Saith he, I found an emptiness in §2all;1 I found them empty Cisterns, I looked for contentment in them, but I found none.