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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;1 That men might glorify the Son, that men might honour the Son, as they honour the Father, for therefore was it that he would not keep all in his own hands, but gave them up into the hands of the Sonne.
First;1 That men might glorifie the Sonne, that men might honour the Sonne, as they honour the Father, for therefore was it that he would not keepe all in his owne hands, but gaue them vp into the hands of the Sonne.
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Secondly;1 He hath done it, that he might dispense that All-sufficiency, that is in himself in a way beseeming himself, with that indulgence, and that mercy, that is suitable to himself, and suitable likewise to our frailty.2 And therefore Exodus 33. 3. The Lord said, I will not go up with thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, therefore I will not go up with thee, least I consume thee; but I will send before thee, the Angel of my presence, and he shall go up with thee: As if he should say, I have pure eyes, I am not able to see that which I shall see in thee, but I shall be ready to consume thee; but he is more indulgent, he is more merciful, he is more able to bear, because he is made the Mediator, therefore (saith he) he shall go along with thee, even the Angel of my presence: Whereby you may see, that the Lord hath put all power into the hands of the Mediator, that he might dispense it the better to the sons of men.