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Sins overthrow
Sins overthrow: or, A godly and learned treatise of mortification Wherein is excellently handled; first, the general doctrine of mortification: and then particularly, how to mortify fornication. Uncleanness. Evil concupiscence. Inordinate affection. and, covetousness. All being the substance of several sermons upon Colos. III. V. Mortify therefore your members, &c. Delivered by that late faithful preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns-Inn.Sins overthrow: or, A godly and learned treatise of mortification Wherein is excellently handled; first, the generall doctrine of mortification: and then particularly, how to mortifie fornication. Vncleannes. Evill concupiscence. Inordinate affection. and, covetousnes. All being the substance of severall sermons upon Colos. III. V. Mortifie therefore your members, &c. Delivered by that late faithfull preacher, and worthy instrument of Gods glory Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes-Inne.
London: printed by I. Beale and Augustine Mathewes for Andrew Crooke, 1633
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.
First, I say, thou shalt know it by thy affections; for by these thou mayest know whether thou be heavenly 1minded or no: and that thou mayest not doubt of it, our Saviour gives the same mark of a renewed heart, Mat. 6. 21. Where your treasure is, there will your hearts be also: you may know that where your heart is there is your treasure, what your heart is set upon there your affections are; for the proper seat of love is the heart. Now if the heart be renewed and regenerated by the spirit, there will be a love of spiritual things, and this love will be get heavenly affections. A man may certainly know what estate he is in, whether he be regenerate or no by his affections, how he is affected, what love he bears unto heavenly things; for there is life in affections, and as a man that lives knows that he lives, so a man that hath spiritual love in his heart towards God cannot but certainly know it, except it be in time of temptation, and then it may be he may not find that love of God in his heart; but this sense of the want of the love of God is but for a time, it continues not; therefore the holy Ghost when he would describe a heavenly minded man, he describes him by his affections, as the best mark to try him by: as Abraham would command his servants to serve God, and Nehemiah feared God, and David,