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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.
Fifthly. He is [Greek or Hebrew], (I find no word to express §5it so well,) that is, whatsoever he is, he is it of himself, whatsoever the creature is, it is borrowed, all the excellency that it hath is borrowed, and derived, and is a participated excellency and therefore there is imperfection: for alway when one hath any thing from another, there is an indigence, in the thing, of it self, there is a want: if a man have enough at home, he will not go out to borrow▪ Now, the Lord whatsoever he hath, he hath it of himself, and, therefore, in Jer. 2.1 he calls himself, a spring of living water, where […] all the creatures in the world are as pits, and Cisterns. That is. Such as have it borrowed, he hath it of himself, and therefore, he is All-sufficient, which no creature is.
Fiftly. He is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, (I finde no word to expresse §5it so well,) that is, whatsoever he is, he is it of himselfe, whatsoever the creature is, it is borrowed, all the excellencie that it hath is borrowed, and derived, and is a participated excellencie and therefore there is imperfection: for alway when one hath any thing from another, there is an indigence, in the thing, of it selfe, there is a want: if a man haue enough at home, he will not goe out to borrow▪ Now, the Lord whatsoever he hath, he hath it of himselfe, and, therefore, in Ier. 2.1 he calls himselfe, a spring of living water, where 〈…〉 all the creatures in the world are as pits, and Cisterns. That is. Such as haue it borrowed, he hath it of himselfe, and therefore, he is All-sufficient, which no creature is.