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the_o new_a covenant_n or_o the_o saint_n portion_n a_o treatise_n unfold_n the_o all-sufficiency_n of_o god_n and_o man_n uprightnes_n and_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n deliver_v in_o fourteen_o sermon_n upon_o gen._n 17._o 1._o 2._o whereunto_o be_v adjoin_v four_o sermon_n upon_o eccles._n 9_o 1._o 2._o 11._o 12._o by_o the_o late_a faithful_a and_o worthy_a minister_n of_o jesus_n christ_n john_n preston_n dr._n in_o divinity_n chaplain_n in_o ordinary_a to_o his_o majesty_n master_n of_o emmanuel_n college_n in_o cambridge_n and_o sometime_o preacher_n of_o lincoln_n inn_n psal._n 111._o 5._o he_o have_v give_v a_o portion_n to_o they_o that_o fear_v he_o he_o will_v ever_o be_v mindful_a of_o his_o covenant_n london_n print_v by_o i._n d._n for_o nicolas_n bourne_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v at_o the_o south_n entrance_n of_o the_o royal_a exchange_n 1629._o illustrissimis_fw-la et_fw-la honoratissimis_fw-la viris_fw-la theophilo_n comiti_fw-la lincolniensi_fw-la et_fw-la gulielmo_n vicecomiti_a say_v et_fw-fr sele_n dominissvis_fw-la submisissimè_fw-la colendis_fw-la have_v johannis_n prestoni_n ss_z theol_n doct._n et_fw-la collegii_fw-la immanvelis_fw-la magistri_fw-la primitias_fw-la devotissimi_fw-la tam_fw-la authoris_fw-la dum_o viveret_fw-la qvam_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la qvi_fw-fr supersunt_n obseqvii_n testimonium_n l.m.d.d.d._n richardus_n sib_n johannes_n davenport_n ¶_o to_o the_o reader_n it_o have_v be_v much_o to_o have_v be_v desire_v if_o it_o have_v so_o please_v the_o father_n of_o spirit_n that_o this_o worthy_a man_n have_v survive_v the_o publish_n of_o these_o and_o other_o his_o lecture_n for_o then_o no_o doubt_n they_o will_v have_v come_v forth_o more_o refine_v and_o digest_v for_o though_o there_o be_v very_o little_a or_o no_o mistake_n in_o take_v they_o from_o his_o mouth_n yet_o preach_v and_o writing_n have_v their_o several_a grace_n thing_n livened_a by_o the_o expression_n of_o the_o speaker_n sometime_o take_v well_o which_o after_o upon_o a_o mature_a review_n seem_v either_o superfluous_a or_o flat_a and_o we_o oft_o see_v man_n very_o able_a to_o render_v their_o conceit_n in_o writing_n yet_o not_o the_o happy_a speaker_n yet_o we_o consider_v not_o so_o much_o what_o may_v have_v be_v as_o what_o now_o may_v be_v for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o church_n think_v good_a rather_o to_o communicate_v they_o thus_o then_o that_o they_o shall_v die_v with_o the_o author_n he_o be_v a_o man_n of_o a_o exact_a judgement_n and_o quick_a apprehension_n a_o acute_a reasoner_n active_a in_o good_a choice_n in_o his_o notion_n one_o who_o make_v it_o his_o chief_a aim_n to_o promote_v the_o cause_n of_o christ_n and_o the_o good_a of_o the_o church_n which_o move_v he_o to_o single_a out_o argument_n answerable_a on_o which_o he_o spend_v his_o best_a thought_n he_o be_v honour_v of_o god_n to_o be_v a_o instrument_n of_o much_o good_a whereunto_o he_o have_v advantage_n by_o those_o eminent_a place_n he_o be_v call_v unto_o as_o he_o have_v a_o short_a race_n to_o run_v so_o he_o make_v speed_n and_o do_v much_o in_o a_o little_a time_n though_o he_o be_v of_o a_o high_a elevation_n and_o strain_n of_o spirit_n then_o ordinary_a yet_o out_o of_o love_n to_o do_v good_a he_o can_v frame_v his_o conceit_n so_o as_o may_v suit_v with_o ordinary_a understand_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n as_o we_o be_v inform_v by_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord_n viscount_n say_v and_o seal_n in_o who_o piety_n wisdom_n and_o fidelittie_n he_o put_v great_a repose_n he_o be_v desirous_a that_o we_o shall_v peruse_v what_o of_o his_o be_v fit_a for_o public_a usâ—_n we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a that_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n subject_a to_o censure_v to_o seem_v bold_a and_o witty_a in_o another_o man_n work_n and_o therefore_o as_o little_a be_v alter_v as_o may_v be_v and_o we_o desire_v the_o reader_n rather_o to_o take_v in_o good_a part_n that_o which_o be_v intend_v for_o public_a good_a 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upon_o it_o be_v but_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o eye_n ecclesiast_n 5._o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o man_n love_v riches_n that_o they_o seek_v they_o and_o heap_v they_o up_o above_o measure_n it_o be_v because_o a_o man_n be_v deceive_v he_o think_v there_o be_v such_o a_o worth_n in_o riches_n and_o that_o they_o will_v stand_v he_o in_o such_o a_o stead_n he_o have_v a_o high_a opinion_n of_o they_o and_o thence_o come_v a_o man_n to_o desire_v they_o so_o much_o from_o hence_o arise_v this_o lust_n of_o the_o eye_n now_o when_o christ_n teach_v a_o man_n that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n in_o riches_n he_o be_v but_o deceive_v he_o teach_v he_o to_o look_v on_o they_o as_o paul_n do_v he_o think_v they_o be_v but_o dross_n and_o dung_n but_o empty_a wither_a flower_n jam._n 1._o as_o the_o flower_n so_o do_v the_o rich_a man_n fade_v in_o all_o his_o way_n â—iches_n be_v no_o better_o he_o teach_v a_o man_n that_o they_o be_v nothing_o why_o will_v thou_o set_v thy_o 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