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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.
Now therefore, examine thy self, whether thou fe•re men in such a case, when a good conscience is to be kept▪ and thereby some evil is to be undergone from men, whether thou wilt rather adventure that, or the wrath and vengeance of Almighty God, &c. And (which is of the same nature) whether a man […] the doing of evil▪ or the suffering of evil most, whether a •a•feare sin or crosses more, when they come in competition, you shall find this, he that is most fearful of […], he is m•st bold in all things else. And on the contrary; he that fears other things most, he feareth sin least; and the reason of this is, because a godly man looks upon sin, as the main; he knows that toucheth him in the main, it toucheth him in his freehold, and therefore, if he be to undergo poverty, disgrace, imprisonment, if it be death, any of these things, he fears them not▪ (for, saith he, thes• are less evils, these touch me not in the main,) but if it be sin, he ⟨p. 45⟩looks on that, as the greatest evil, and therefore fears it above all things.
Now therefore, examine thy selfe, whether thou fe•re men in such a case, when a good conscience is to be kept▪ and thereby some evill is to be vndergone from men, whether thou wilt rather adventure that, or the wrath and vengeance of Almightie God, &c. And (which is of the same nature) whether a man 〈…〉 the doing of evill▪ or the suffering of evill most, whether a •a•feare sinne or crosses more, when they come in competition, you shall finde this, he that is most fearefull of 〈…〉, he is m•st bold in all things else. And on the contrary; he that feares other things most, he feareth sinne least; and the reason of this is, because a godly man lookes vpon sinne, as the maine; he knows that toucheth him in the maine, it toucheth him in his freehold, and therefore, if he be to vndergoe povertie, disgrace, imprisonment, if it be death, any of these things, he feares them not (for, sayth he, thes are lesse evils, these touch me not in the maine,) but if it be sinne, he