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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 third reason is, because humiliation makes 1a man to choose God to be his Master, to be ruled by his laws, to live under his commands, and to obey him in all things: and this is true obedience when a Christian chooses God, and grace, above all things in the world, otherwise it will not be free obedience; as a servant that serves a wicked master, he obeys him, but it is forced obedience, because he cannot otherwise choose, for if he could have his will, he would not serve him: but when a Christian chooses God to be his Master, he will think nothing too much for him, he will do his will freely in all things.
The third reason is, because humiliation makes 1a man to choose God to be his Master, to be ruled by his lawes, to live under his commands, and to obey him in all things: and this is true obedience when a Christian chooses God, and grace, above all things in the world, otherwise it will not bee free obedience; as a servant that serves a wicked master, he obeyes him, but it is forc't obedience, because hee cannot otherwise choose, for if he could have his will, he would not serve him: but when a Christian chooses God to bee his Master, he will thinke nothing too much for him, he will doe his will freely in all things.
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The fourth reason is, because humiliation 1breaks, and tames the stubbornness of our nature, and makes it gentle and pliable (I speak all this while of the humiliation of the spirit) unto good: as a young horse, or a young heifer, when they are broken become tame, and gentle; so a man that is truly humbled, that hath the stubbornness and perverseness of nature broken in him, he will then yield obedience unto God. For example, take a man that is troubled in conscience; who more humble, who more willing to be reconciled, who more willing to obey then he? or take a man that is broken in estate, though he was proud and high minded before, yet now he