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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
(1.) Because the Ministers are Ambassadors, yea Gods own mouth, Jer. 15. 19. Now this they cannot be, unless they deliver the word purely.
(1.) Because the Ministers are Embassadors, yea Gods own mouth, Ier. 15. 19. Now this they cannot be, unless they deliver the word purely.
(2.) Because the hearers must receive it as Gods word, and if they must so hear it, Ministers must so preach it; therefore purely.
(3.) Because in preaching we preach to the consciences of men, and this we do not unless the word be Gods; for he beholds the conscience, and tries the heart and the reins; and therefore unless we speak it from God we cannot do this.