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The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole duty of prayer. Delivered in…The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole dutie of prayer. Delivered in…
The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole duty of prayer. Delivered in five sermons upon I Thess. 5.17. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, Master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole dutie of prayer. Delivered in fiue sermons vpon I Thess. 5.17. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by W. Jones, 1629London: printed by W. Iones, 1629
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To this I answer briefly, you shall know the ⟨p. 132⟩1difference by this, […] godly man, when he falls 2into sin, and is defiled with it, he washeth himself from day to day; you shall find always this, that he gets ground of the sin, of the lust, that manifests it self in any actual transgression, still it looseth by it, it gathers not strength, but looseth strength: in a carnal man it is quite contrary, his sin still increaseth, and intends the habit, and the lust grows stronger and stronger, it gets ground of him, and those good things that he hath, they are more and more worn out, and so they grow worse and worse from day to day, and that is the property of an evil man, of unregeneracy wheresoever, it is apt to grow worse and worse, and the more fal•s they have, the more sin gets ground, and the more they lose; but it is not so w•th a holy man, the more he falls, the more strength he gathers, he is the more holy by it, the more wary and watchful, and the more he is emptied of himself, and draws nearer to the Lord, and is the more inflamed with love to him, he is strengthened in faith, and repentance, and in every grace: so that here the rule now hold• not true, that acts increase habits, but the contrary, acts lessen the habits, which is a paradox i• philosophy, but here it is so.
To this I answer briefly, you shall know the ⟨p. 132⟩1difference by this, 〈…〉 godly man, when hee falls 2into sinne, and is defiled with it, hee washeth himselfe from day to day; you shall find alwayes this, that he gets ground of the sinne, of the lust, that manifests it selfe in any actuall transgression, still it looseth by it, it gathers not strength, but looseth strength: in a carnall man it is quite contrary, his sinne still increaseth, and intends the habit, and the lust growes stronger and stronger, it gets ground of him, and those good things that he hath, they are more and more worne out, and so they grow worse and worse from day to day, and that is the property of an evill man, of vnregeneracie wheresoever, it is apt to grow worse and worse, and the more fals they haue, the more sinne gets ground, and the more they lose; but it is not so wth a holy man, the more hee falls, the more strength he gathers, hee is the more holy by it, the more wary and watchfull, and the more hee is emptied of himselfe, and drawes neerer to the Lord, and is the more inflamed with loue to him, hee is strengthened in faith, and repentance, and in every grace: so that here the rule now hold not true, that acts increase habits, but the contrary, acts lessen the habits, which is a paradox i philosophy, but here it is so.