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…

Secondly consider, that you are to be made like ¹unto the Image of God, if you will be saved; but this cannot be, except you strengthen the Inward man, and therefore the Apostle saith, 1 Pet. 1. As he that hath called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation: that is, seeing you are called unto such a high place, as to be the sons of God by grace, what a base thing is it for you to stoop unto base things? what a base thing were it that an Eagle should stoop at flies? And although it is unseemly in that creature, yet men do the like, and are not ashamed: men will stoop to the world, and will be any mans vassal, and be any thing what any would have them to be, if it may but enlarge their outward estate. But beloved there is a great loss and baseness in it: for what is Gold, or honour, or pleasure to Christ, grace, and holiness? In every thing wherein there is loss, it grieves and pains us: we grieve when we see Wheat given unto Hogs, which would be mans meat: we grieve when we set up a fair building, on which we have bestowed much cost and labour, and then to have Iim, and Chim to dwell therein, and not our selves: And if we be subject to grieve for these things, then how much more have we cause to grieve, when we see men give themselves unto their lusts, that is, they give their souls to be a harbour for their lusts, which ought to be a Temple ⟨p. 78⟩for the holy Ghost.

Secondly consider, that you are to be made like ¹unto the Image of God, if you will be saved; but this cannot be, except you strengthen the Inward man, and therefore the Apostle saith, 1 Pet. 1. As he that hath called you is holy, so bee you holy in all manner of conversation: that is, seeing you are called unto such a high place, as to be the sonnes of God by grace, what a base thing is it for you to stoupe unto base things? what a base thing were it that an Eagle should stoop at flies? And although it is unseemely in that creature, yet men doe the like, and are not ashamed: men will stoope to the world, and will bee any mans vassall, and bee any thing what any would have them to be, if it may but inlarge their outward estate. But beloved there is a great losse and basenesse in it: for what is Gold, or honour, or pleasure to Christ, grace, and holinesse? In every thing wherein there is losse, it grieves and paines vs: we grieve when we see Wheate given unto Hogs, which would bee mans meate: wee grieve when we set up a faire building, on which we have bestowed much cost and labour, and then to have Iim, and Chim to dwell therein, and not our selves: And if we be subject to grieve for these things, then how much more have we cause to grieve, when we see men give themselves unto their lusts, that is, they give their soules to bee a harbor for their lusts, which ought to be a Temple