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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.
The next property of love is, it desires nothing so much as love again. If a man be 1serviceable to another, and not out of love, so he be officious to him, he is content. But love will be paid in it's own coin, it will not have mercy without grace. A kingdom without grace, will not content it. It is very observant in this kind, Quis fallere possit amantem? They will be very curious this way. They must see love in every thing, or else they can take no delight in it. It is not a kingdom that can quiet them without the love of God.
The next property of love is, it desires nothing so much as love againe. If a man bee ser 1viceable to another, and not out of love, so he bee officious to him, hee is content. But love will be paid in it's owne coyne, it will not have mercy without grace. A kingdome without grace, will not content it. It is very observant in this kinde, Quis fallere possit amantem? They will be very curious this way. They must see love in every thing, or else they can take no delight in it. It is not a kingdome that can quiet them without the love of God.
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How ever it go with corn, wine and oil, th i• prayer is, Lord lift thou up the light of thy 1countenance on us. If a mans turn were served, so he might be freed from hell, and made happy, and then love him, this man loves not the Lord. That which Absalom did in hypocrisy, we are to do in truth, Sam. 14. What avails it me that I enjoy (saith he) my lands, and that I live in Jerusalem, so long as I may not see the Kings face? So if God should give you abundance of all your hearts can wish, free you from the fire of hell, yet this will not content you without you see his face, if you have this love. And thus if Gods people humble themselves and seek his face, he