A55754:480
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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Answ. The freedom of the Spirit stands n•• so •uch in the extent of the words, as the intenseness […] they are uttered. Besides if this argu[…] swell against conceived prayer, for if he […] ger spirit then he that prayeth, there is to […] restraint.
Answ. The freedome of the Spirit stands n•• so •uch in the extent of the words, as the intensnesse 〈…〉 they are uttered. Besides if this argu〈…〉 swell against conceived prayer, for if he 〈…〉 ger spirit then he that prayeth, there is to 〈…〉 restraint.
Again it is objected, that we cannot pray for occasional necessities. Therefore we bind not only to a set form: but men may, and ought to use besides, private prayer, wherein we may express our private, accidental, and particular occasions. And if they be more public, there are prayers before and after Sermon, whe•e in the Minister is left at more liberty? And if it be yet more general belonging to the State or Church, we add it to the public prayers, as it is in the Gun-powder-treason, times of War, dearth, &c. But there needs not much be said to convince the judgement: that which is chiefly to be desired, is, that they may be better observed, and more esteemed, especially seeing our public prayers be holy and good, (and which should be a greater inducement) the Church hath commanded them: And if the Church be to be obeyed in indifferent things, as it is, much more in appointing of Gods own Ordinances.
Againe it is objected, that we cannot pray for occasionall necessities. Therefore we bind not only to a set forme: but men may, and ought to use besides, private prayer, wherein we may expresse our private, accidentall, and particular occasions. And if they be more publique, there are prayers before and after Sermon, whee in the Minister is left at more liberty? And if it be yet more generall belonging to the State or Church, we adde it to the pblike prayers, as it is in the Gun-powder-treason, times of War, dearth, &c. But there needs not much be said to convince the judgement: that which is chiefely to be desired, is, that they may be better observed, and more esteemed, especially seeing our publique prayers be holy and good, (and which should be a greater inducement) the Church hath commanded them: And if the Church be to be obeyed in indifferent things, as it is, much more in appointing of Gods owne Ordinances.