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…

Now the Uses are these three:

Now the Vses are these three:

First, If mens names shall be according to their ¹hearts in their life times, then take heed that thou keep not an evil heart in secret; for God who sees thy sins in secret, will reward thee openly; ²God sees thy secret profaneness, thy secret covetousness; surely without thou doest speedily amend, God in the end will give thee a name accordingly: on the contrary, art thou secretly upright, holy, &c. God certainly who seeth it, will in the end plentifully reward thee; for if we have not ⟨p. 6⟩credit with God, surely all glosses and shifts will do no good: so that this is true both as well for the evil as the good. Let every man therefore look to his own conscience, and see how the case standeth with him. Art thou an hypocrite? God will even set a brand upon thee, as he did upon Cain which shall never be separated from thee, no more ³then the shadow from the body; thou shalt never have a good name with men; yea, and rather then thy wickedness shall be hidden, the very birds of the air shall disclose it; and although it may be thou thinkest that thy power or authority will shield thee from an ill report, yet I tell thee thy expectation will much be frustrated.

First, If mens names shall be according to their ¹hearts in their life times, then take heed that thou keepe not an evill heart in secret; for God who sees thy sinnes in secret, will reward thee openly; ²