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Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1.…Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1.…
Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1. A heavenly [sic] treatise of the divine love of Christ. 2. The Christians freedom. 3. The deformed form of a formal profession. 4. Christs fullness, and mans emptiness. By John Preston, doctor in divinity, chaplain in ordinary to King James, Mr. of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Lincolns Inn.Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1. A heavemly [sic] treatise of the devine love of Christ. 2. The Christians freedome. 3. The deformed forme of a formall profession. 4. Christs fulnesse, and mans emptinesse. By John Preston, doctor in divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to King James, Mr. of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed for John Stafford, 1644
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.
Now, the signs whereby we may know, whether we live in known sins or not, are these.
Now, the signes whereby we may know, whether we live in knowne sinnes or not, are these.
1. Living in a known sin is of two sorts; 1. Known, when men sell themselves to commit wickedness before the Lord, as Ahab did; when he poureth out himself to vanity, as when a man shall give up himself to drink or to company, or to commit any sin of uncleanness, or giveth himself to spend all of his time in recreations, this is evident to the world and to his own conscience. Again, when he plainly forsaketh God and good courses which he took before, as Demas did, this is plain, he lieth in a known sin. Secondly, the secret lying in sin, the signs whereof are these.
1. Living in a knowne sinne is of two sorts; 1. Knowne, when men sell themselves to commit wickednesse before the Lord, as Ahab did; when he powreth out himselfe to vanity, as when a man shall give up himselfe to drink or to company, or to commit any sinne of uncleannesse, or giveth himselfe to spend all of his time in recreations, this is evident to the world and to his owne conscience. Againe, when he plainely forsaketh God and good courses which he tooke before, as Demas did, this is plaine, he lyeth in a knowne sinne. Secondly, the secret lying in sinne, the signes whereof are these.
1. When a man committeth it ordinarily: this is that Paul saith, that the Saints fall upon occasions: as if a man be sailing into France, a tempest driveth him into Spain; so the Saints face is towards ⟨p. 10⟩heaven, but a sudden passion may drive them another way. To commit sin ordinarily, is to commit it when temptation assaileth, and occasion is offered, and impediments removed, then he commits the sin ordinarily; for if there were such temptations always, he would commit the sin always: as Pharaoh was good by fits, he was often restored, and desired Moses to pray for him; yet when temptation came, he would not let the people go, though before he had intended to do it. So Saul, when opportunity was offered, would have killed David, though he swore not to do it; and so Hazael: this is committing of sins ordinarily.