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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
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but the way to make us fit to receive grace is to be humble. A man may be said to receive Christ by a common light of knowledge, and hereupon do many things for Christ; but yet he will not take Christ for his King aswell as a Saviour, except he ⟨p. 193⟩be humbled, he will not take Christ so, as to be ruled by his Laws, and to live under his Commands, he will not take him with losses and crosses, disgrace and reproach; till he be humbled, he will not endure reproach; he would be content to have Christ, but if Christ must cost him all that, then Christ and he must part, but when a man is thoroughly humbled, then he will part with all things for Christ, nothing shall be so dear and precious unto him, as Christ will be, if any thing come in Competition with Christ, he will refuse it for Christ; thus you see that humiliation is a necessary condition on our parts, though not a simple grace.
but the way to make us fit to receive grace is to be humble. A man may be said to receive Christ by a common light of knowledge, and hereupon doe many things for Christ; but yet he will not take Christ for his King aswell as a Saviour, except he ⟨p. 193⟩be humbled, hee will not take Christ so, as to be ruled by his Lawes, and to live under his Commands, he will not take him with losses and crosses, disgrace and reproach; till he be humbled, he will not indure reproach; he would be content to have Christ, but if Christ must cost him all that, then Christ and he must part, but when a man is thorowly humbled, then he will part with all things for Christ, nothing shall be so deare and precious unto him, as Christ will be, if any thing come in Competition with Christ, hee will refuse it for Christ; thus you see that humiliation is a necessary condition on our parts, though not a simple grace.
The third Question, is this, whether there be 1any kinds of humiliation more then one.