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Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…
Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns-Inn Containing three excellent treatises, namely, Judas's repentance. The saints spiritual strength. Pauls conversion.Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes-Inne Containing three excellent treatises, namely, Iudas's repentance. The saints spirituall strength. Pauls conversion.
London: printed by John Beale for Andrew Crooke, 1634
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.
This should teach us to think well of the ways 1of God, although others speak against them; for it is for some secret cause, and inwardly they do approve of them in their consciences while they live, and oft witness the same at their deaths.
This should teach us to thinke well of the waies 1of God, although others speake against them; for it is for some secret cause, and inwardly they doe approve of them in their consciences while they live, and oft witnesse the same at their deaths.
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2. Be not discouraged for any opposition or hatred that thou shalt meet withal; what though they hate thee, yet they have that within them that will approve thee: We cannot approve our selves to their wills, affections, or lusts; but whether they will or not, we may approve our selves to their consciences. It is therefore a baseness when we labour to approve our selves to any by doing evil; the best 1way is to approve our selves to their consciences, and take Davids course, who when Micholl scoffed at him for dancing before the Ark, says, If this be vile, I will yet be more vile; so shall I be had in honour of the Virgins: So likewise, Art thou hated for Religion? Labour to exceed in that; so shall they ⟨p. 34⟩honour thee in their consciences; and it's better to approve thy self to their consciences, for they endure; then to their lusts, for they are vanishing, and their good opinion of thee shall vanish. He that reproves, shall find more favour in the latter end, then he that flatters; because he approves himself to the conscience, this only to the lusts.