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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
Part › Sermon 14: THE FOURTEENTH SERMON.Part › Sermon 14: THE FOVRTEENTH SERMON.
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Beloved, one thing more we should have added, that is, to exhort men to enter into Covenant; this I should have pressed to you, the miserable condition of a man that is without it, and the happiness of the man that is within it, with this we•should have concluded the point. Beloved, consider this, in what a miserable condition men are without the Covenant; it is enough that is said,1 Eph. 2. without God in the world, and without the Covenant, they are put together, they are aliens and strangers from the Covenant, without the Covenant, without God in the world: is it a small thing to be without God, and without the Covenant? when thou considerest this Book, and the many precious promises in it, that we spake of before, and thou hast not right to one of these promises, if thou be without the Covenant; when thou art in a strait, if thou be a stranger to God if thou be out of the Covenant with him, what wilt thou do? whither wilt thou go? we are subject to 1000. straits; you know what a weak creature man is, what ⟨p. 235⟩need he hath of assistance; What wilt thou do in the time of extremity? thou canst not go to GOD, thou art not in the Covenant with him, but thy case is as that of Zedekiah's, Micaiah tells him, thou shalt go from chamber to chamber; so thou shalt go from place to place, GOD will not receive thee: for thou art not in Covenant with him. But is that all, that thou shalt want the comfort of God? No, know, if thou be not in Covenant with GOD, he is thine enemy: if thou come near to him for refuge and comfort, he will be to thee as a devouring fire, and when thou comest to him, thou shalt be as soft wax to the scorching flame, as stubble to the fire; and not only so, but thou shalt come to everlasting burnings, such fire as shall never go out; such the Lord shall be to thee, if thou be not in the Covenant with him. You will say to me, this is to come, if it may be well for the present, I shall bear it the better, I will go one step further therefore. If thou be out of Covenant with GOD, all the creatures are at enmity with thee, there is never a creature in heaven or earth, but it hath liberty to do thee hurt:
Beloued, one thing more we should haue added, that is, to exhort men to enter into Couenant; this I should haue pressed to you, the miserable condition of a man that is without it, and the happines of the man that is within it, with this weshould haue concluded the point. Beloued, consider this, in what a miserable condition men are without the Couenant; it is enough that is said,