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…

The sixth means, if you would strengthen the ¹inward man, is this, you must get faith: you must ⟨p. 125⟩labour to be strong in the Lord, you must go about all things with Gods strength, and not with your own: and therefore the Apostle saith, When I am weak, then I am strong: 2 Cor. 12. 13. And I ²rejoice in my infirmities, that the power of God may be seen in my weakness, that is, I rejoice in those infirmities that discover my own weakness to God, that I may not put any confidence thereby in my self. Again, I rejoice in my infirmities, because they are means to humble me. Again, I rejoice in my infirmities and weakness, because hereby I feel my weakness, that I may go out of my self, and depend wholly upon God: therefore when you go about any business, or perform any holy action unto God, as you must do it in Faith, so you must renounce all strength in your selves, and then God cannot but prosper your business or whatsoever good you go about, when you go about it with Gods strength, as Gideon did: and on the contrary the Lord hath pronounced a curse against him, that shall go about any thing with his own strength. Jere. 17. 5. Cursed is the man that maketh flesh his ³Arm, that is, that goeth about any thing in confidence of his own strength without Faith in me: thus you see, that if you would be strong in the inward man, you must get saving Faith in Christ.

The sixt meanes, if you would strengthen the ¹inward man, is this, you must get faith: you must ⟨p. 125⟩labour to bee strong in the Lord, you must goe about all things with Gods strength, and not with your owne: and therefore the Apostle saith, When I am weake, then I am strong: