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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
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No,1 beloved, that is not the meaning of it, but take heed of this, when a sin is drawn out as a thread in the course of thy life, now in truth thou obeyest it, now thou art overcome of it, now it hath dominion whensoever it commands thee; when there is, I say, a tract of sin, when a man is still given to such a way, to such an infirmity, (I cannot properly call it an infirmity) that you may say it is such a mans trade, he walks in it, now a man obeys sin, ⟨p. 221⟩he is overcome of it, it hath gotten the victory over him; as we use to say of men, he is a worldly-minded man, go to him when you will, you shall find him so disposed, you shall find him in all his carriage to show himself to be such a man, this sin it runs as a thread through his whole life, still he minds earthly things, he is taken up about them, he disrelisheth the Word, he doth not mind it, he doth not delight to read it, or to hear it, he doth not love the company of the Saints, and the like; and so for any other sin. If this will not serve the turn, thou mayest judge it by one sin, but that is somewhat more difficult: I will give you 3. examples, you shall see Adam, and Balaam, and Saul, you shall see every one of them in one sin break the Covenant, and if you can find yours the same case, you shall know whether you have broken it by one miscarriage. Take Saul first, he was commanded to go and kill the Amalekites, and God would have him destroy them utterly; Saul goes about his Commandment, he seems to keep it exceeding well, and where he failed in it, he seemed to have a fair excuse, saith he, I did but save the King, the whole body of the people was destroyed: again, he saved but a few of the fattest of the cattle, and for what purpose? not for his own profit, to make him rich, but to offer sacrifice to the Lord, and he hoped there was no failing in this. Well, saith Samuel, thou hast cast away the Lord, thou hast chosen another God. Samuel