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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.
Let a man turn himself which way he will, ⟨p. 72⟩he shall find vanity and vexation of spirit in every Creature, and in every condition and state, in all the purposes, in all the actions and affairs of men: I returned, saith he, and which way soever I looked, which way soever I turned me, I still saw vanity. So it was with Solomon, and so it must needs be with us all, if our judgements be guided as his was by the spirit of God.
Let a man turne himselfe which way he will, ⟨p. 72⟩he shall finde vanitie and vexation of spirit in every Creature, and in every condition and state, in all the purposes, in all the actions and affayres of men: I returned, sayth he, and which way soever I looked, which way soever I turned me, I still sawe vanitie. So it was with Salomon, and so it must needes be with vs all, if our judgements be guided as his was by the spirit of God.