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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.
I put them both together; for, the word, in the original, signifieth as much, Elshaddai, Ell signifieth the strong, the mighty God, and Shaddai, properly signifieth, All-sufficient; when one hath all in his own compass, that he needeth not go out to fetch in, or borrow any commodity, any comfort, or any advancement, or any excellency from any other; and, therefore, that is the […] translation, and most agreeable to the word, ⟨p. 38⟩in the original, All-sufficient, (though some translations have it, the All-mighty) and, this is a point that will well suit with the present occasion of the Sacrament; for, as I told you, these words contain the Covenant on both sides, saith the Lord, this is the Covenant that I will make on my part, I will be thy God; and I will tell you what a God I will be unto you, I will be a God all-sufficient. That is; you shall have all things in me that your hearts can desire: The Covenant, again, that I require on your part, is, that you be perfect with me, that you be upright, that you be without hypocrisy; for so the word signifieth in the original, that the heart be single, so that though a man be subject to infirmities, yet, if he have a single heart, an upright heart, the Lord accepts it; and therefore, when you are to take the seal of the Covenant, how can you be better exercised, and prepared for the work, than by considering the Covenant it self? that is the point then, that God is All-mighty, or All-sufficient, wherein two things are to be considered;1
I put them both together; for, the word, in the originall, signifieth as much, Elshaddai, El signifieth the strong, the mightie God, and Shaddai, properly signifieth, All-sufficient; when one hath all in his owne compasse, that he needeth not goe out to fetch in, or borrow any commoditie, any comfort, or any advancement, or any excellencie from any other; and, therefore, that is the 〈…〉 translation, and most agreeable to the word, ⟨p. 38⟩in the originall, All-sufficient, (though some translations haue it, the All-mightie) and, this is a poynt that will well sute with the present occasion of the Sacrament; for, as I told you, these words containe the Covenant on both sides, sayth the Lord, this is the Covenant that I will make on my part, I will be thy God; and I will tell you what a God I will be vnto you, I will be a God all-sufficient. That is; you shall haue all things in me that your hearts can desire: The Covenant, againe, that I require on your part, is, that you be perfect with me, that you be vpright, that you be without hypocrisie; for so the word signifieth in the originall, that the heart be single, so that though a man be subiect to infirmities, yet, if he haue a single heart, an vpright heart, the Lord accepts it; and therefore, when you are to take the seale of the Covenant, how can you be better exercised, and prepared for the worke, than by considering the Covenant it selfe? that is the poynt then, that God is All-mightie, or All-sufficient, wherein two things are to be considered;