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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.
1. Respect, Because wicked men, they loose the spirit, God denies them grace, and that is the 1greatest affliction that God can lay upon any sinner, namely, to deny grace; this was the affliction that God laid upon Saul, it had been better for Saul that a thousand judgements had befallen him, then to have lost the spirit, the favour of God. Now wicked men they loose the favour of God, they loose the obtaining of saving grace, therefore whatsoever they seem to be, yet the truth is, they are more afflicted then other men.
1. Respect, Because wicked men, they loose the spirit, God denies them grace, and that is the 1greatest affliction that God can lay upon any sinner, namely, to deny grace; this was the affliction that God laid upon Saul, it had beene better for Saul that a thousand judgements had befalne him, then to have lost the spirit, the favour of God. Now wicked men they loose the favour of God, they loose the obtaining of saving grace, therefore whatsoever they seeme to be, yet the truth is, they are more afflicted then other men.
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2. Respect, The prosperity of wicked men, is a punishment; for that which slays men, is a punishment; 1but this the prosperity of wicked men doth, fit them for destruction, and therefore the Wise man saith, Proverb. 1. 32. that prosperity and ease 2slays the wicked, that is, the more they prosper and thrive, and rejoice in their lusts, the greater stab doth sin give them at the heart, and the more irrecoverably are they smitten; therefore they have no cause to brag of their prosperity.