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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
Sermon 2 › A HEAVENLY TREATISE OF THE DIVINE LOVE OF CHRIST.
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.
Do you feel this love in you? have you a 1sense of it? Ammon was sick of love, so that his friends could see him wear away: so the Spouse, I am sick of love, Canticles 2. And 2dost thou love the Lord, and canst not feel it? Dost thou feel thy heart working towards God? This love is a thing that one would think needs no marks, you cannot but see it. It is noted in Love, so, that if you did love the Lord, you would have a longing desire after him: there will be joy in the fruition of him, anger against all impediments to it, grief when he withdraws himself, hope when there it any probability of enjoying him, fear to lose him. Now do not deceive thy self; thou lovest the Lord, thou will ⟨p. 22⟩say, but is this love to his person, or to his kingdom, his goods? When thou presentest Jesus Christ alone to thy self, canst thou then love him? The Virgins love him, the Harlots love him. And there is a great deal of harlotry love in the world, to the Lord Jesus. It was one thing to love Alexander, another to love the King. It is true, Christ is a great King, that can do much good or evil in the world, and so many may love him. But canst thou answer this question, Lovest thou me? with Peter, Lord thou knowest that I love thee, John 20. Thou that knowest my heart, and the secret turnings of it, canst bear me witness that I love thee.
Doe you feele this love in you? have you a 1sense of it? Ammon was sicke of love, so that his friends could see him weare away: so the Spouse, I am sicke of love, Canticles 2. And 2dost thou love the Lord, and canst not feele it? Dost thou feele thy heart working towards God? This love is a thing that one would thinke needs no markes, you cannot but see it. It is noted in Love, so, that if you did love the Lord, you would have a longing desire after him: there will be joy in the fruition of him, anger against all impediments to it, griefe when he withdrawes himselfe, hope when there it any probability of enjoying him, feare to lose him. Now doe not deceive thy selfe; thou lovest the Lord, thou wil