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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.
Fourthly,1 that which accompanies it, is peace, and Joy, Rom. 15. 13. the Apostle prays that they may be filled with peace and i•y, through believing; as if he should say, if you believe once indeed, joy will follow; and therefore you know it is called the joy of the Holy Ghost, that is, when once a man receives this witness of the Spirit, there follows a wondrous quiet, and peaceableness, and calmness in the heart. Beloved, it is with every son of Adam, as it was with Adam; when he had lost the Image of GOD, there followed trouble and horror in his conscience, till that Image was ⟨p. 178⟩recovered, his heart was never fully at peace, but as soon as that was recovered, the heart recovers the former joy that Adam had, that former quiet, and peace, and comfort, that Adam had in that innocency, he hath it in a measure: So, when the LORD returns again to a mans spirit; that it is his returning, and no delusion, I say, there ariseth a certain peace in the soul, and a joy that no worldly man ever tasted of▪ that they never understood, nor knew the meaning of; a certain peace, and joy that goes beyond all worldly joy whatsoever, that which David called the s•ining of Gods countenance, Psal. 4. and, beloved, one good look of God, is worth more then all the wealth in the world, yea, then the very corporal presence of JESUS CHRIST; and therefore CHRIST tells his Disciples▪ that they should be great gainers by losing of him: for, saith he, you shall get this by it, I will send the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, and he shall fill you with peace, and joy, and this shall be much better for you, then if I should be with you still; it is better, beloved, that Christ should dwell in our hearts then in our houses; it is better the LORD should be with us, with his spiritual comforts, then with his corporal presence; and this comfort, I say, every man receives, as soon as he receives the Spirit, he receives peace that passeth all understanding. But now in the fifth place, when a […] hath received this joy, and this peace, whe h i lift