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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.
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.
2. Respect, The prosperitie of wicked men, is a punishment; for that which slayes 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 prosperitie and ease 2slaies the wicked, that is, the more they prosper and thrive, and rejoyce in their lusts, the greater stabb doth sinne give them at the heart, and the more irrecoverably are they smitten; therefore they have no cause to brag of their prosperitie.
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- 2Prov. 1. 32.
3. Respect, Is this because they may wither and 1die in their sins, and that is a great punishment; for because they are not afflicted as other men are, therefore it is, that their superfluous branches of