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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.
beloved, it is very exceeding certain, that no men in the world are so vile in their own eyes, as those to whom the Holy Ghost hath borne this witness: there is a place for it, that puts this out of all doubt, Ezek. 36. 31. when the Lord saith, he will pour out his Spirit on them, and give them a new heart, and a new spirit; then, saith he, then at that time, when you have received the spirit of Adoption, and I have made my Covenant with you, then you shall consider your own deeds that were not good, and you shall acknowledge your selves worthy to be destroyed for your iniquities and transgressions; the new Translation is, […] shall loath y••r sel•es, that is, a man shall be exceeding vile in his own eyes. Beloved, presumption always puffs up a man, it brings him into better conceit with himself; but this puts him quite out of conceit with himself; the nearer the LO•D draws to any man, the more rottenness he finds in his bones, as, we see, when the Lord came near unto Jo•, then he abhorred himself in dust and ashes: because the Lord comes always with a bright light, as the Sun doth, that shows to a man the corruptions that be in him, that he never saw before, that he wonders ⟨p. 180⟩at himself, that he hath lived so long with himself, and yet knows himself no better: this is the ca•e of e•ery man, when the LORD comes home to him, it humbleth him exceedingly; and therefore consider whether thou be thus vile in thine own eyes, whether the spirit of humility have gone together with it.
beloued, it is very exceeding certaine, that no men in the world are so vile in their owne eyes, as those to whom the Holy Ghost hath borne this witnesse: there is a place for it, that puts this out of all doubt, Ezek. 36. 31. when the Lord saith, he will powre out his Spirit on them, and giue them a new heart, and a new spirit; then, saith he, then at that time, when you haue receiued the spirit of Adoption, and I haue made my Coeant with you, then you shall consider your owne deedes that were not good, and you shall acknowledge your selues worthy to be destroyed for your iniqities and trasgressions; the new Translation is, shall loath yr seles, that is, a man shall bee exceeding vile in his owne eyes. Beloued, presumption alwayes puffes vp a man, it brings him into better conceipt with himselfe; but this puts him quite out of conceipt with himselfe; the neerer the LOD drawes to any man, the more rottennesse he findes in his bones, as, wee see, when the Lord came neere vnto Io, then he abhorred himselfe in dust and ashes: because the Lord comes alwayes with a bright light, as the Sunne doth, that shewes to a man the corrptions that be in him, that he neuer saw before, that he wonders