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…

The first reason is, because sin is sin with God, in whom soever it is, and he will be sure to ¹scourge him in whom it is; if thou run out he will fetch thee in, with his crook; and the sweeter the sin was, the bitterer will the scourging be. Rev. 3. 19. Whom I love I rebuke and chasten; that is, I will do it without exception of persons. ²a Pet. 1. 4. Judgement must begin at the house of God. ⟨p. 273⟩³Prov. 11. 31. Behold the righteous shall be recompensed, or rewarded in this life, how much more the ⁴sinner; if a holy man sin he shall be afflicted, then much more a wicked man. And again, he that soweth iniquity, shall reap affliction: he that sinneth, must expect the rod, and it must needs be so, because Gods children draw the nearest unto him, and he hath said, that he will be sanctified of those that draw near unto him, Levit. 10. 3. ⁵therefore for the keeping of them clean, they must be scoured, when they grow foul and rusty; they must be cast into the furnace, when they gather dross.

The first reason is, because sinne is sinne with God, in whom soever it is, and he will be sure to ¹scourge him in whom it is; if thou runne out he will fetch thee in, with his crooke; and the sweeter the sinne was, the bitterer will the scourging bee. Rev. 3. 19. Whom I love I rebuke and chasten; that is, I will doe it without exception of persons.