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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.
Moreover, it must needs be so, because Gods blessedness stands in the execution of his own §3Law,1 in proceeding according to it.
Moreover, it must needes be so, because Gods blessednesse stands in the execution of his owne §3Law,1 in proceeding according to it.
- 1Gods blessedness requires itGods blessednes requires it
Take all the Creatures under the Sun, and their happiness stands in keeping close to that rule, that God hath given them: The fire is well, as ⟨p. 58⟩long as it follows that rule, the water, and so every Creature; Man to whom the Law was given, his happiness is to keep the Law, in doing it thou shalt live: The great God hath made a Law to himself, that is, he hath expressed himself, his blessedness consists in keeping it, and therefore be assured, that whatsoever his Law is, it shall certainly be performed. The Law, you know, is this; Either thou shalt keep these things, or thou shalt die for it. Now a disjunctive proposition is true, we say, if either part be true, that is, if a man do not keep the Law, of necessity he must be punished, or else Gods Law should be broken; but if either be fulfilled, the Law is kept; So I say, it must needs be, that the Lord must do that, wherein his blessedness consists. Though a sinner prolong his days, and though his punishment be long deferred, and sentence be not speedily executed, yet certainly it must needs be executed, for the Lord must needs act according to that rule he hath set to himself.