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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.
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If you love the Lord, Holy-days and Sacrament-days would be as Feast-days, and Wedding-days; for then you meet with God more nearly. Do you then put off your coming to the Sacrament, and would you not come near it for the speech of some, and yet will you say that you love the Lord? where love is, there is delight. A man delights in his fellowship, whom he loves, whom ye have not seen, yet ye love him; yea, whom, though ye see him not, yet ye believe and joy with joy unspeakable and glorious. Do you then delight in his presence? for delight will be in the enjoying of that we love; joy follows love.
If you love the Lord, Holy-daies and Sacrament-daies would bee as Feast-daies, and Wedding-daies; for then you meete with God more neerely. Doe you then put off your comming to the Sacrament, and would you not come neere it for the speech of some, and yet will you say that you love the Lord? where love is, there is delight. A man delights in his fellowship, whom hee loves, whom ye have not seene, yet ye love him; yea, whom, though ye see him not, yet yee beleeve and joy with joy unspeakable and glorious. Doe you then delight in his presence? for delight will be in the injoying of that wee love; joy followes love.
To delight in a mans company, is that mark of love which cannot be dissembled. Dost thou then love the appearing of the Lord Jesus? 2 Thessalonians 3. If one should bring you news that you must go to the Lord, or he would come to you to morrow, would this be acceptable news to you? Doth he bring good tidings? If a Spouse should have her betrothed husband beyond the ⟨p. 24⟩Seas, and should hear of his return; if she should say, that it were the worst news that could come to her, would you think that she loved him? No, there could not come a more welcome Messenger to thee than such a one, if thou didst love the Lord. Blessed are the dead that dye in the Lord (for so saith the Spirit) from henceforth they rest from 1