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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.
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But as I said before of the lawfulness, there is little question. That which is chiefly to be reprehended, is of a secret disesteem of public prayers? By reason of which, many neglect to come to them, and they which do, do it in a perfunctory and overly manner, which is an extreme fault. Better were it, that men would come to this disjunction; either it is lawful to use them or not; if not, why do they not wholly abstain, and if they be lawful, why do they not use them constantly, and in a reverent and holy manner. One thing there is, which if it were well considered, would breed in the hearts of men another esteem of our public prayers then there is. And that is, that besides the end of obtaining the things we want (wherein yet public prayer hath the promise) there is another end in praying, and […]t is to worship God, and to perform a service to him, for proving of which, there are two places of Scripture un-answerable, Luke 2. 37. Hannah worshipped God by fasting and prayers, the word used is [Greek or Hebrew], w•i•h is the p•o•er word for worship, Acts 13. 2. They ministered to the Lord and fasted, the word used is [Greek or Hebrew], whence the word Liturgy is derived. This me thinks should breed in the hearts of men a reverend esteem of this duty.
But as I said before of the lawfulnesse, there is little question. That which is chiefely to be reprehended, is of a secret disesteem of publique prayers? By reason of which, many neglect to come to them, and they which doe, doe it in a perfunctory and overly manner, which is an extreame fault. Better were it, that men would come to this disjunction; either it is lawfull to use them or not; if not, why doe they not wholly abstaine, and if they be lawfull, why doe they not use them constantly, and in a reverent and holy manner. One thing there is, which if it were well considered, would breed in the hearts of men another esteem of our publique prayers then there is. And that is, that besides the end of obteyning the things we want (wherein yet publique prayer hath the promise) there is another end in praying, and 〈…〉t is to worship God, and to performe a service to him, for proving of which, there are two places of Scritue un-answerable,