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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.
The use that we are briefly to make of it is this,1 that we should take heed of coming to God for any part of his All-sufficiency, except it be in the name of his Sonne. When you hear that God is All-sufficient, you must not think now to go to God immediately, to say Lord be••ow on me such and such things, as I want: for in doing so, what do we else but draw near to God, as the stubble, or the wax should draw near to the fire? who is able to dwell with ever lasting burnings? He is a consuming fire to the so•nes of men, if they come to him immediately. But if you come to him in the name of the Son, into whose hands he hath put all things, he is ready to accept you, & to grant you whatsoever you ask in his name, Lev. 17. 5.2 it was death for a man, though his sacrifice was never so good, to offer it without a Priest; and it is no less then death to any man to come to God without Christ, that is, the Lord doth not give life to that man, he doth not raise him from nature, which is death enough. When we come to God with out the Son, what do we else in so doing, but dishonour the Son? We give him not that honour which his Father would have him to have. What do we else but rob him of that which he hath purchased at a dear rate for even for this very cause did he suffer▪ Therefore (saith he,) he hath given him a name above all names. What do we else but rejoice in our selves, and forget to give all the glory to Christ? Therefore whensoever you come to God, still take heed, that you forget not Christ, but that you come in his name.
The vse that we are briefly to make of it is this,1 that we should take heede of comming to God for any part of his All-sufficiencie, except it be in the name of his Sonne. When you heare that God is All-sufficient, you must not thinke now to goe to God immediately, to say Lord be••ow on me such and such things, as I want: for in doing so, what doe we else but draw neere to God, as the stubble, or the waxe should draw neere to the fire? who is able to dwell with euer lasting burnings? He is a consuming fire to the sones of men, if they come to him immediately. But if you come to him in the name of the Sonne, into whose hands he hath put all things, he is readie to accept you, & to grant you whatsoever you aske in his name,