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The mystical match between Christ and his churchThe mysticall match between Christ and his church
The mystical match between Christ and his church by the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston ... The leading sermon to that treatise of his called The churches marriage.The mysticall match between Christ and his church by the late learned and reverend divine, John Preston ... The leading sermon to that treatise of his called The churches marriage.
London: printed for Francis Eaglesfield, 1648
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 more peremptory we are in such denials of the creatures, the more subject we are to the Lord.
the more peremptory wee are in such denyals of the creatures, the more subject we are to the Lord.
Lastly, you shall try it by this, consider what 1you do in those things that above all others you would not be subject in, single out that sin that is dearest to thee; though a man would be obedient in all else, yet in some things to be restrained it goes to his heart, something is more peculiar, and is that he fancies, and it goeth more near unto ⟨p. 114⟩him to obey in that, then in any other thing▪ When the Lord would try Abraham, he tries him in that which he was most unwilling to part with. Now, says he, I know that thou fearest me, for I have tried thee in that which I know thou lovedst dearly, and yet thou art content to part with it for my sake. Make the same question to you: look what it is, that above all others you would not be subject in, whether it be a matter of credit, of estate, or a lust that sitteth close, if thou wilt try whether thou be subject, so if for his sake thou canst obey the commandment, which is against it that crosseth it, for such a command the Lord gave to Abraham, and he did obey it: he that taketh Christ, taketh him for a Lord and a Saviour.
Lastly, you shall try it by this, consider what 1you doe in those things that above all others you would not be subject in, single out that sinne that is dearest to thee; though a man would be obedient in all else, yet in some things to be restrained it goes to his heart, something is more peculiar, and is that he fancies, and it goeth more neare unto ⟨p. 114⟩