The Saints Submission and Satans Overthrow, Frontispiece – Table of contents
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