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A10015	The saints submission and Sathans overthrow. Or, Sermons on James 4.7. By that faithfull and reverend divine, Iohn Preston, Doctor in divinitie, Chaplaine in ordinarie to his Majestie, Master of Emmanuel Colledge, sometime preacher of Lincolnes-Inne	Preston, John, 1587-1628.	1638 (1638)	STC 20266; ESTC S110465	38,733	336

The true Picture of Iohn Preston Dr. in Diuinity and sometimes Preacher of Lincolnes-Inn THE SAINTS SVBMISSION and Sathans overthrow Or SERMONS ON IAMES 4. 7. Submit your selves therefore unto God resist the divell and he will flee from you By that faithfull and reverend Divine IOHN PRESTON Doctor in Divinitie Chaplaine in ordinarie to his Majestie Master of Emmanuel Colledge sometime Preacher of Lincolns-Inne LONDON Printed by I D. and are to be sold by Peter Cole at the signe of the Glove in Cornhill neere the Royall-Exchange 1638. The Contents SVbmission to God what Pag. 9 1. It must bee with the whole heart 11 Reason God will have the whole heart or nothing 18 The inward man must bee subject 22 Reason 23 Rebellions of the inward man what 27 1. Thoughts vaine 29 wicked 30 2. Affections 1. Manifest 43 2. Secret 44 Rebellions of the outward man what 48 1. Speeches 49 2. Actions 53 Why we must bee subject to God 3. Reasons 59 1. Vse to justifie God 61 2. Vse to humble us 64 Signes of submission to God 87. 108 Motives to submit to God 109. 114 Why we must resist the divel Satan is our adversary 119 How Sathan tempts 131 1. By substracting the means God useth to bring men to himselfe 131 2. By laying snares and baites 148 Sathans subtiltie appeares 1. in fitting his baites according to mens callings 153 2. Fitting them according to occasions and opportunities offered 154 3. In the glosses hee covers sinne withall 159 How to resist Satan 166 1. We must have our hearts filled with grace 168 2. We must remove all false friends viz. our lusts 186 How to root lusts out of the heart and how to know it 194 3. Wee must seeke to Christ for helpe 198 Three things hinder Christ from helping us First unfruitfulnesse 206 Secondly sins unrepented of 209 Thirdly thrusting our selves into temptation 210 Wee must resist the divell 215 1. We must watch and pray 216 2. We must resist the divell at first motion 221 Doctrine Whosoever doth truly resist the divel shall get the victory of him 234 1. Reason 136 2. Reason 137 3. Reason 141 Objections answered page the 244. to 269. 1 Vse Reproofe of those that doe not resist the divell 2 Vse The fearfull estate of those that have not put Satan to flight by resisting which are of two sorts First those that never resisted Satan at all 274 2. Those that after resisting a while fall back 278 Three causes of falling back 280 3. Vse of exhortation not to faint be Satans temptations what they will 287 Satan tempts concerning 1. Our effectual calling 288 2. Our Iustification 291 3. Our sanctification 293 Signes of yeelding to Satans temptations 206 1. When wee lay aside our weapons 298 2. When we are lesse troubled at the temptation 299 3. When sinne prevailes more 300 Helpes against Satans temptations 1. Wee must use strong meanes 301 Viz Fasting and prayer with diligent use of the Word 304 2. Wee must get strong reasons against strong lusts 306 3. We must labour willingly to undergoe tentations waite till God send deliverance 310 THE SAINTES SVBMISSION and Sathans over-throw IAMES 4. 7. Submit your selves therefore unto God resist the Divell and he will flee from you IN this whole context from the beginning of the Chapter to the end of this verse the Apostle doth five things first he reproves his dispersed brethren of the Iewish nation for divers of their sinnes Secondly He shewes the cause of all these sinnes Thirdly The meanes to avoide them Fourthly The hinderances and impediments hereof that it takes not effect Lastly The way and course to be taken for the removall of these impediments The sinnes or vices here principally taxed are foure First their contentions illustrated from the cause of them vers 1. viz. Their lusts which fought in their members from whence come warres saith hee and fightings among you come they not hence even of your lusts that warre in your members Secondly Their remissenes in prayer set forth by the effect of it not obtaining their desires verse 2. yee lust and have not c. yee fight and warre yet yee have not because yee aske not Thirdly their asking amisse or not praying according to the will of God declared by the cause of it verse 3. Yee aske amisse that yee may consume it upon your lusts Fourthly Their covevetousnesse or immoderate affecting the things of this earth aggravated from the nature of the vice and Gods affection to it its enmity with him vers 4. Yee adulterers and adulteresses know yee not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God For the second particular the the cause of all these sinnes and lustes is set downe vers 5. Doe yee thinke saith he that the Scripture saith in vaine The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy The corrupt frame of our nature alwayes inclines stirs us up to that which is evill The third particular the meanes to avoide these lusts wee have expressed in the beginning of vers 6. But he giveth more grace Fourthly the hinderances and impediments of this grace that it takes not effect are two first Pride of heart a vaine conceit of a mans owne sufficiency and uprightnesse before God Secondly yeelding to temptations snares to each of which in the last place the Apostle applies an exhortation wherein he shewes how these hinderances may bee removed if the Iewes of the dispersion desire to remoove the first they must submit themselves to God if the latter they must resist the Devill submit your selves thereefore unto God resist the Devil and he wil flee from you So then you see what the words of this text containe a double exhortation and upon what occasion propounded For the better understanding of the first exhortation wee may consider these particulars First what the submission here required is Secondly what are the reasons to enforce it Thirdly the uses of the point For the first this submission may be thus described it is a gracious frame of the heart whereby the whole man doth submit it selfe unto the Law of God in all things in all estates For the particulars in this description they may thus be explained first the heart must be brought into a right frame and order concerning this frame order of the heart see 1 Chron. 29. 18. and Isa. 43. 21. This frame must be of the whole heart it 's called a gracious frame to distinguish it from that evil frame of heart which is in wicked men mentioned Gen. 6. 5. the reason why this gracious disposition of the heart is required is because God at the first did plant his Image in man wherby hee was set in an excellent frame and this image God requires to be repaired againe in man even the same image for substance though not for degree the same for all the parts though not for the perfections of the parts and therefore we finde that the