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The first part of The cases of conscience Wherein specially, three main questions concerning…The first part of The cases of conscience Wherein specially, three maine questions concerning…
The first part of The cases of conscience Wherein specially, three main questions concerning man, simply considered in himself, are propounded and resolved, according to the word of God. Taught and delivered, by M. William Perkins in his Holy-day lectures, by himself revised before his death, and now published for the benefit of the Church.The first part of The cases of conscience Wherein specially, three maine questions concerning man, simply considered in himselfe, are propounded and resolued, according to the word of God. Taught and deliuered, by M. William Perkins in his Holy-day lectures, by himselfe revised before his death, and now published for the benefit of the Church.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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Thus much for the general remedy of all ⟨p. 95⟩distresses: now I come to the particular distresses themselves.
Thus much for the generall remedie of all ⟨p. 95⟩distresses: nowe I come to the particular distresses themselues.
The first distress ariseth of a divine Temptation, which is a combat with God himself immediately. And this distress is, when the conscience speaks some fearful things of God, and withal the party distressed, feels some evident tokens of Gods wrath. Examples hereof we shall find many in the word of God. One is, the example of righteous Job, who having been long in outward afflictions, was withal exercised with the apprehension of the anger of God, and in that state he saith, that the arrows 1of the Almighty were in him, that the venom thereof, did drink up his spirit, that the terrors of God did fight against him. Yea further he addeth, that God was his enemy, and writ bitter 2things against him: and made him to possess the sins of his youth. And at another time he complaineth, that Gods wrath had torn him, 3that he hated him, g•ashed upon him with his teeth, and had sharpened his eyes against him In all which, and divers other places, it appears that his conscience was exercised, with the sense of the wrath of God, which had now even seized upon his soul.
The first distresse ariseth of a diuine Temptation, which is a combate with God himselfe immediately. And this distresse is, when the conscience speaks some fearefull things of God, and withall the partie distressed, feeles some euident tokens of Gods wrath. Examples hereof we shall finde many in the word of God. One is, the example of righteous Iob, who hauing beene long in outward afflictions, was withall exercised with the apprehension of the anger of God, and in that state he saith, that the arrows