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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.
The first reason is this, except you be truly humbled, you will wither: you will not hold out 1in your profession, this was the quality of the first ground, the plough had not gone deep enough: they were not throughly humbled, there was seed sown, an open profession of Christ, but it lasted not, the house was builded, but the foundation was not deep enough, that which should have kept the house from falling, was wanting, and that made it to fall; so it is with men, because they want this humiliation: therefore their profession and they do not continue, but part willingly, one from another: they will do somethings, but not all things, and they will forgo somethings, but not all things: and therefore our Saviour saith, Luke 14. He that will not for sake all for my sake, is not worthy of me: he is not worth the saving that prizes not me above all things whatsoever, and a man will not prize Christ, nor forsake all things for Christ, till he be humbled.
The first reason is this, except you bee truely humbled, you wil wither: you will not hold out 1in your profession, this was the quality of the first ground, the plow had not gone deepe enough: they were not throughly humbled, there was seed sowne, an open profession of Christ, but it lasted not, the house was builded, but the foundation was not deepe enough, that which should have kept the house from falling, was wanting, and that made it to fall; so it is with men, because they want this humiliation: therefore their profession and they doe not continue, but part willingly, one from another: they will doe somethings, but not all things, and they will forgoe somethings, but not all things: and therefore our Saviour saith, Luke 14. He that will not for sake all for my sake, is not worthy of mee: he is not worth the saving that prizes not mee above all things whatsoever, and a man will not prize Christ, nor forsake all things for Christ, till he be humbled.
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