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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.
For the first, for to seek any help or comfort from any Creature, and not from God alone, is vain and sinful, and it must needs be so, because it is Idolatry. Now in Idolatry, there are three things,
For the first, for to seeke any helpe or comfort from any Creature, and not from God alone, is vaine and sinnefull, and it must needes bee so, because it is Idolatrie. Now in Idolatrie, there are three things,
First, vanity and emptiness, 1. Cor. 8. 4. An Idol is nothing in the world. Here is vanity.
First, vanity and emptinesse, 1. Cor. 8. 4. An Idol is nothing in the world. Here is vanitie.
Secondly, sinfulness: There is no greater Sin then it is, and it is an extreme vain, because we attribute that to it, which doth only belong to God, to think if that I am well, and strong in friends, have a well bottomed estate, that my mountain is strong on every side, I shall not be moved, This is sinful and vain; you shall not live a whit the better, or happier for it; A strange Paradox contrary to the opinion & practise of most men. When we consult with our treasures, do not we think that if we have such wealth, and such friends, that we should live more comfortably and happily? There is no man but will answer, that he thinks so. But yet my brethren, we are deceived, it is not so: it belongs to God only to dispense of his Prerogatives, good or evil. A horse is but a vain thing (saith the Psalmist) to get a victory, that is, though it be a thing as fit as can be in it self, yet if it be left to it self without God, it is but vain, and can do nothing. So I may say of riches, and other outward things; Riches are vain, and honours, and friends are vain to procure happiness of themselves: So Physic of it self is vain to procure health without God, they are nothing worth, he that thinks otherwise erreth. It was the folly of the Rich man, that he thought so, and therefore sung a Requiem unto his soul. Eat