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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 tenth motive, to move you to hate sin, is, because sin makes you to break your covenants 1with God: and therefore the remembrance of our covenants with God, is enough to confound us, and give an edge unto our sorrows for sins past, and confirm us in our resolutions exceedingly for the time to come: what shall we mock God, saith the holy Man? will he hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain? and will he not surely require our vows at our hands? Yes, certainly he will, and that speedily: if we use to break our covenants often, and begin to forget them, and the Genealogy of them: therefore let this move you to hate sin; that you may keep your covenants with God, ⟨p. 284⟩and so escape those judgements, which otherwise will light upon you.
The tenth motive, to move you to hate sinne, is, because sinne makes you to breake your covenants 1with God: and therefore the remembrance of our covenants with God, is enough to confound us, and give an edge unto our sorrowes for sinnes past, and confirme us in our resolutions exceedingly for the time to come: what shall wee mocke God, saith the holy Man? will hee hold him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine? and will hee not surely require our vowes at our hands? Yes, certainely hee will, and that speedily: if wee use to breake our covenants often, and begin to forget them, and the Genealogy of them: therefore let this move you to hate sinne; that you may keepe your covenants with God, ⟨p. 284⟩and so escape those judgements, which otherwise will light upon you.
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The eleventh motive, to move you to hate sin, is, because sin is a thief: it will rob you of your