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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.
thou must go to God for it by faith, and God will show it forth unto you, and you shall have fruits of it. The end of faith is not only to apply the holy promises of justification, but of sanctification also: as for example, he hath promised to baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire, that is, with zeal & other graces of the spirit, which must give them power and strength; and all, that sin might not reign in their mortal bodies. Go to God then and urge him with his promise, and he cannot deny you. When men therefore think to excuse themselves by saying, I am not able to do such a thing, what will you have me to do? it is no excuse: for if they were but willing, it is all he requireth of them; the power, that belongeth to God; which if men would but believe, and go to him, he would undoubtedly give it them.
thou must goe to God for it by faith, and God will shew it forth unto you, and you shall have fruits of it. The end of faith is not only to apply the holy promises of justification, but of sanctification also: as for example, he hath promised to baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire, that is, with zeale & other graces of the spirit, which must give them power and strength; and all, that sinne might not raigne in their mortall bodies. Goe to God then and urge him with his promise, and hee cannot denie you. When men therefore think to excuse themselves by saying, I am not able to doe such a thing, what will you have me to do? it is no excuse: for if they were but willing, it is all he requireth of them; the power, that belongeth to God; which if men would but beleeve, and go to him, he would undoubtedly give it them.
I therefore now ask thee, Wouldst thou turn to God? Wouldst thou overcome such and such a lust of uncleanness, drunkenness? &c. be it what it will be: if thou answer, No; then thou art justly condemned, thy blood be upon thy own head: but if thou sayest, Yes, thou wouldst; then come but to God, be resolute to be religious in good earnest, and I will assure thee, he will vouchsafe thee power to do it. The Apostle saith, that God would confirm them unto the end, that they might be blameless in ⟨p. 15⟩