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Sermons preached before his MajestySermons preached before his Maiestie
Sermons preached before his Majesty; and upon other special occasions viz. 1 The pillar and ground of truth. 2 The new life. 3 A sensible demonstration of the Deity. 4 Exact walking. 5 Samuel's support of sorrowful sinners. 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.Sermons preached before his Maiestie; and vpon other speciall occasions viz. 1 The pillar and ground of truth. 2 The new life. 3 A sensible demonstration of the Deity. 4 Exact walking. 5 Samuels support of sorrowfull sinners. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston Dr. in Diuinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by Eliot's Court Press and R. Young for Leonard Greene of Cambridge, 1630
THE PILLAR AND GROUND Of TRUTH.THE PILLAR AND GROVND Of TRUTH.
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Secondly, he says, in the house of God &c. not in the Church of Ephesus, lest any should conclude (as now the Papists would) that the truth were so nailed and fastened to any one particular house or pillar, that it could never be taken down from thence, and hanged up in another place; which is flat contrary to the scope of the Apostle in this place, who in the beginning of the next chapter shows evidently, that in the later times some should depart from the faith, and give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of Devils, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats.
Secondly, he sayes, in the house of God &c. not in the Church of Ephesus, lest anie should conclude (as now the Papists would) that the truth were so nailed and fastened to anie one particular house or pillar, that it could never be taken downe from thence, and hanged up in another place; which is flat contrarie to the scope of the Apostle in this place, who in the beginning of the next chapter shewes evidently, that in the later times some should depart from the faith, and give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of Devils, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstaine from meats.
The Papists would make us believe, that because the truth was once at Rome, it is there still. Indeed the house and place where once it was, they may still show perhaps; but the inhabitant is now departed, and the truth, which ⟨p. 5⟩was the sign, is taken down, and hanged up elsewhere, in stead whereof these very errors hang, which the Apostle doth foretell to be the signs of Truth's departure, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats. If they object, they forbid not all to marry. I answer, no heretic or people since the beginning of the world, did ever do it, nor is it credible that any ever will; for then the world would soon be at an end: but they forbid some to marry at any time, as the Clergy; all at sometimes; and that not as a precept of convenience, but necessity and holiness.
The Papists would make us beleeve, that because the truth was once at Rome, it is there still. Indeed the house and place where once it was, they may still shew perhaps; but the inhabitant is now departed, and the truth, which