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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
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The last reason is likewise here used,1 and chance cometh to them all: That is, though a man be never so able, never so sufficient, never so well prepared ⟨p. 88⟩to bring an enterprise to pass, yet some accident may turn it some other way, an accident that he can neither foresee, nor prevent; Therefore saith the holy Ghost, though he be never so wise, chance may happen to him, he can neither foresee all the accidents, that come to pass, or, if he should, he knows not how to prevent them.
The last reason is likewise here vsed,1 and chance commeth to them all: That is, though a man be never so able, never so sufficient, never so well prepared ⟨p. 88⟩to bring an enterprise to passe, yet some accident may turne it some other way, an accident that he can neither foresee, nor prevent; Therefore sayth the holy Ghost, though he be never so wise, chance may happen to him, he can neither foresee all the accidents, that come to passe, or, if he should, he knowes not how to prevent them.
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Ahab, for ought we see, went well enough to the battle, Jehoshaphat and he, yet, saith the text, a man drew a bow at adventure, &c. (which accident he could not foresee,) the man aimed no more at Ahab, nor understood it no more then the arrow that he shot, but it was a mere accident directed by God, that he could not foresee.
Ahab, for ought we see, went well enough to the battaile, Iehoshaphat and he, yet, sayth the text, a man drew a bow at adventure, &c. (which accident he could not foresee,) the man aymed no more at Ahab, nor vnderstood it no more then the arrow that he shot, but it was a meere accident directed by God, that he could not foresee.