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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
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4. It purifies the heart: for no man looks to keep his heart pure, until he be assured of the forgiveness of his sins; for till then he cannot look on God as on a Father: but on the contrary, when the sin is not forgiven, God loseth the glory of being a Father, and the glory of his truth, and of his mercy; and that hardens the heart from relenting.
4. It purifies the heart: for no man lookes to keepe his heart pure, untill hee be assured of the forgivenesse of his sinnes; for till then hee cannot looke on God as on a Father: but on the contrary, when the sinne is not forgiven, God loseth the glory of being a Father, and the glory of his truth, and of his mercy; and that hardens the heart from relenting.
Seventhly, from the price which was payed, and 1which no sin can go beyond: indeed, if Christ had payed but a finite price, we might fear that our sins should not be forgiven. If a man were in debt two thousand pound, and there were but one paid, he might be discouraged: but when there is infinitely more paid than the debt is, this should make us believe our sins are forgiven us whatsoever they be, seeing they be all but finite.
Seventhly, from the price which was payed, and 1which no sinne can goe beyond: indeed, if Christ had payed but a finite price, wee might feare that our sinnes should not be forgiven. If a man were in debt two thousand pound, and there were but one pay'd, hee might be discouraged: but when there is infinitely more pay'd than the debt is, this should make us beleeve our sinnes are forgiven us whatsoever they be, seeing they be all but finite.
- 1Motive 7.