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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.
2. After thou hast thus done, then consider the corruption of thy nature; look on all the faculties of the soul, see how they are out of square; the understanding is dulled, the conscience, when it should cry, then its still; and when it should be still, then it cries; the memory ready to forget good things, but prone to retain privy grudges towards our neighbours; the will will do a thing when as the understanding tells it, that it is contrary to Gods will, & therefore ⟨p. 52⟩should not be done; and so likewise for the other affections; all which when we have done, let us look on the straitness of the law, & the crookedness of our lives, how short we come of doing that we should, and then see what we have deserved for it.
2. After thou hast thus done, then consider the corruption of thy nature; looke on all the faculties of the soule, see how they are out of square; the understanding is dulled, the conscience, when it should cry, then its still; and when it should be still, then it cryes; the memory ready to forget good things, but prone to retaine privy grudges towards our neighbors; the will wil do a thing when as the understanding tels it, that it is contrary to Gods will, & therefore ⟨p. 52⟩should not be done; and so likewise for the other affections; all which when we have done, let us looke on the streightnesse of the law, & the crookednes of our lives, how short we come of doing that we should, and then see what we have deserved for it.
2. This being done, let us comfort our selves with the Promises of the Gospel, for grace can never truly be wrought, until by the Gospel we believe, humiliation cannot do it: we must therefore know that God is exceeding merciful more than we can imagine, and lay hold upon his love in Christ, by a true faith.
2. This being done, let us comfort our selves with the Promises of the Gospell, for grace can never truly be wrought, untill by the Gospell we beleeve, humiliation cannot do it: we must therfore know that God is exceeding merciful more thē we canimagin, and lay hold upon his love in Christ, by a true faith.