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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
Part › Sermon 4: THE FOURTH SERMON.Part › Sermon 4: THE FOVRTH SERMON.
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Beloved, this is a necessary point. It is usual with us to be very earnest with God, when a business is to be done; but we forget to praise him afterwards. And whence proceeds this, but from a secret attribution of what is done to our own wit, to our own strength, to our own policy, to other occasions? Whereas if he were acknowledged, we should be ready to give him the praise of all that we do.
Beloved, this is a necessary poynt. It is vsuall with vs to be very earnest with God, when a busines is to be done; but we forget to prayse him afterwards. And whence proceedes this, but from a secret attribution of what is done to our owne wit, to our owne strength, to our owne policie, to other occasions? Whereas if he were acknowledged, we should be readie to giue him the praise of all that we doe.
David was a wise man, yet you shall find, 1 Sam. 18. 1he did not therefore carry himself wisely in all his affairs, because he had an habitual gift of wisdom, but, saith the text, because the Lord was with him. The Lord was with him to guide him in every action, to direct him what to do upon every particular occasion, and thence it was, that he carried himself wisely in all his affairs.
David was a wise man, yet you shall finde, 1 Sam. 18. 1he did not therefore carrie himselfe wisely in all his affayres, because he had an habituall gift of wisedome, but, sayth the text, because the Lord was with him. The Lord was with him to guide him in euery action, to direct him what to doe vpon euery particular occasion, and thence it was, that he carried himselfe wisely in all his affayres.
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