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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
Christ's Fullness, and Man's Emptiness, &c.Christ's Fulnesse, and Man's Emptinesse, &c.
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.
If we would know the Reasons; It is partly in regard of Christ 1himself, he was the Corner Stone, therefore there is reason he should be the fairest in all the Building. He was the Prince of our Salvation, therefore it was meet he should be like Saul higher than all the people by head and shoulders, far exalted above all Principalities and Powers.
If we would know the Reasons; It is partly in regard of Christ 1himselfe, hee was the Corner Stone, therefore there is reason hee should be the fairest in all the Building. He was the Prince of our Salvation, therefore it was meet he should be like Saul higher than all the people by head and shoulders, farre exalted above all Principalities and Powers.
- 11. Reasons from Christ.
But chiefly it was in regard of us and our emptiness, that with his Fullness he might replenish our Vacuity, otherwise we could 1neither have seen him nor received of him. Not have seen him, for the glorious Beauty of his Godhead was too bright for our eyes to behold. It was therefore reason that it should be put into the Lantern, or Veil of Christs Humanity, that in that we might behold it. Nor could we have received of it, for the Deity is an Inacces. sible Fountain; It was reason therefore that Christs Humanity should be the Cistern or Conduit-Head to receive it for our model and use.
But chiefely it was in regard of us and our emptinesse, that with his Fulnes hee might replenish our Vacuity, otherwise wee could 1neither have seen him nor received of him. Not have seene him, for the glorious Beauty of his Godhead was too bright for our eyes to behold. It was therefore reason that it should be put into the Lanthorne, or Vaile of Christs Humanity, that in that we might behold it. Nor could we have received of it, for the Diety is an Inacces. sible Fountaine; It was reason therefore that Christs Humanity should be the Cesterne or Conduit-Head to receive it for our modell and use.