A69149:60
Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon
Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon, by John Cotton, B.D. and preacher of Gods word in Boston.Gods promise to his plantation· as it was delivered in a sermon, by Iohn Cotton, B.D. and preacher of Gods word in Boston.
London: printed by William Jones of John Bellamy, 1630London: printed by William Iones of Iohn Bellamy, 1630
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
First, if God give a man an inclination to this or that course, for that is the spirit of man; & God is the Father of spirits: Heb. 12.9. Rom. 1.12. 1 Cor. 16.12. Paul discerned his calling to go to Rome, by his [Greek or Hebrew], his ready inclination to that voyage; and Apollos his loathness to go to Corinth, Paul accepted as a just reason of his refusal of a calling to go thither. And this holdeth, when in a mans inclination to travail, his heart is set on no by-respects, as to see fashions, to deceive his Creditors, to fight Duels, or to live idly, these are vain inclinations; but if his heart be inclined upon right judgement to advance the ⟨p. 12⟩Gospel, to maintain his family, to use his Talents fruitfully, or the like good end, this inclination is from God. As the beams of the Moon darting into the Sea leads it to and fro, so doth a secret inclination darted by God into our hearts lead and bow (as a bias) our whole course.
First, if God give a man an inclination to this or that course, for that is the spirit of man; & God is the Father of spirits: Heb. 12.9. Rom. 1.12. 1 Cor. 16.12. Paul discerned his calling to goe to Rome, by his 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, his ready inclination to that voyage; and Apollos his loathnesse to goe to Corinth, Paul accepted as a just reason of his refusall of a calling to goe thither. And this holdeth, when in a mans inclination to travaile, his heart is set on no by-respects, as to see fashions, to deceive his Creditours, to fight Duels, or to live idly, these are vaine inclinations; but if his heart be inclined upon right judgement to advance the ⟨p. 12⟩