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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.
And if it thus proceed out of an holy love to God, it cannot arise but from his holy spirit: the breathings of which spirit as they are most free, so are they most precious. Therefore when such a spark is kindled in our hearts, let us be careful to put fuel to it, and not suffer it to go out again.
And if it thus proceed out of an holy love to God, it cannot arise but from his holy spirit: the breathings of which spirit as they are most free, so are they most pretious. Therefore when such a sparke is kindled in our hearts, let us bee carefull to put fuell to it, and not suffer it to goe out againe.
Al the Creatures in Heaven and Earth cannot help us again to them, yea the best Ordinances are but as pens without ink, or empty Conduit-pipes which give not a drop of true Grace. except Christ who is the Fountain please to convey it by them. You know the Famous Story of Francis Spira, what bitter cries he used upon his Death-bed: O that I had but one drop of Faith! One of the motions which I have been wont to have, but yet could not have them! But died with those desperate words in his mouth, I am Damned. Therefore let us take heed how we let such motions rise up like bubbles in us, and break again; or go our like sparks upon wet tinder, lest often checking, and snibbing, and quenching the Spirit, in the end we be guilty of resisting the Holy Ghost, and God shall swear in ⟨p. 15⟩his wrath that we shall not enter into his rest. [Where by the way observe, that this Doctrine teacheth us not to be idle, and leave all to God, as they slander it] but as Paul maketh the Consequence, because God worketh in you both the will and the deed, therefore work out your Salvation with fear and trembling. Arminius contrarily, ourselves work in our selves the Will, and the deed; Therefore we need not work out our Salvation with any such fear and solicitude, since we may d•e it at our own pleasure and leisure.
Al the Creatures in Heaven and Earth cannot helpe us againe to them, yea the best Ordinances are but as pens without inke, or empty Conduit-pipes which give not a drop of true Grace. except Christ who is the Fountaine please to conveigh it by them. You know the Famous Story of Francis Spira, what bitter cryes hee used upon his Death-bed: O that I had but one drop of Faith! One of the motions which I have beene wont to have, but yet could not have them! But died with those desperate words in his mouth, I am Damned. Therefore let us take heed how we let such motions rise up like bubbles in us, and breake againe; or goe our like sparkes upon wet tinder, lest often checking, and snibbing, and quenching the Spirit, in the end we be guilty of resisting the Holy Ghost, and God shal sweare in