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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.
First, that the just, and the wise, and their works, ⟨p. 3⟩are in the hand of the Lord: That is, although I see not the reason why God doth it, yet this I find, it is the Lord that disposeth all things, both to men, and all their works; All the events that fall out, both good, and evil, I find this, that they are in the hand of God.
First, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes, ⟨p. 3⟩are in the hand of the Lord: That is, although I see not the reason why God doth it, yet this I finde, it is the Lord that disposeth all things, both to men, and all their workes; All the events that fall out, both good, and euill, I finde this, that they are in the hand of God.
The second thing he found is, That all things §2come alike to all: There is the same condition to the good, and to the evil, to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not. These be the two things, that the wise man professeth he found out, & from hence he gathereth two Consectaries.
The second thing he found is, That all things §2come alike to all: There is the same condition to the good, and to the evill, to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not. These be the two things, that the wiseman professeth he found out, & from hence he gathereth two Consectaries.