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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.
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,1 I beseech you, consider this, and it is profitable to consider, that he that belongs not to the Covenant, he may live in his fathers house, he may sit at Table with the children, he may have the same maintenance, the same clothing, the same usage, the same liberty, the same privileges of the family as the children have, and yet for all this, this is one that belongs not to the Covenant, but one whom God intends to cast out. Ismael, you know, lived in the family, as well as Isaac, and was as well used as Isaac, till the time came that God would cast him out; and therefore deceive not thy self with out ward peace, to say, God and the creature are at peace with me; for I have prosperity in all that I do. No, it may be, the time of casting out is not yet come, but in due time, when the right season shall come, then Ismael shall be cast out, and every one with whom the Covenant indeed is not established. Cain remained for a time, but he was cast out, and made a Vagabond upon the earth. ⟨p. 240⟩Saul remained for a time in the house, but in due season God cast him off: so, I say, God may nourish, and cherish, and defend thee, as if thou wert one of his own children, but he will cast thee off in the end. We have a notable example for it, in his dealing with the children of Israel, they were such as belonged not to the Covenant, a great part of them, and yet see how he used those very men;