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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.
You see Moses and Aaron were excluded out of the land of promise, as well as murmuring rebellious Israel: the same condition was to the one as to the other.
You see Moses and Aaron were excluded out of the land of promise, as well as murmuring rebellious Israell: the same condition was to the one as to the other.
If again you look upon the good success of men, you shall find it the same. You shall find Nebuchadnezzar prevailing, and reigning forty years in prosperity, as well as you see King David reigning forty years, and Gods hand was with him to bless him in all this. All this you see under the Sun. Only this you are to observe, that it is but for a time, that the Lord doth this; he doth it not always; this is not the constant condition, either of the one or of the other; and therefore you must know, (that this truth may be clear to you) that God useth a liberty in these two things.1
If againe you looke vpon the good successe of men, you shall finde it the same. You shall finde Nebuchadnezzar prevailing, and raigning fortie yeares in pro•peritie, as well as you see King David raigning forty yeares, and Gods hand was with him to blesse him in all this. All this you see vnder the Sunne. Onely this you are to obserue, that it is but for a time, that the Lord doth this; he doth it not alwayes; this is not the constant condition, either of the one or of the other; and therefore you must know, (that this truth may be cleare to you) that God vseth a libertie in these two things.1
- 1God useth a liberty in two things.God vseth a libertie in two things.