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The Whole Treatise of the Cases of Conscience
The whole treatise of the cases of conscience distinguished into three books: the first whereof is revised and corrected in sundry places, and the other two annexed. Taught and delivered by M. W. Perkins in his holy-day lectures, carefully examined by his own briefs, and now published together for the common good, by T. Pickering Bachelor of Divinity. Whereunto is adjoined a twofold table: one of the heads and number of the questions propounded and resolved; another of the principal texts of Scripture which are either explained, or vindicated from corrupt interpretation.The whole treatise of the cases of conscience distinguished into three bookes: the first whereof is revised and corrected in sundrie places, and the other two annexed. Taught and deliuered by M. W. Perkins in his holy-day lectures, carefully examined by his owne briefes, and now published together for the common good, by T. Pickering Bachelour of Diuinitie. Whereunto is adioyned a twofold table: one of the heads and number of the questions propounded and resolued; another of the principall texts of Scripture vvhich are either explaned, or vindicated from corrupt interpretation.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1606Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1606
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Thus in the Creation every creature had his being of that which had no being, and something was made, not of something, but of nothing. After the flood, the sign of ⟨p. 115⟩Gods covenant, for the preservation of the world from destruction by rain, is the Rainbow, which indeed is a natural sign of rain. When Elijah was to prove the Lord to be the only true God, against the Idolatrous priests of Baal, and that by burnt offerings; he poured water upon the sacrifice, & fills a trench with water round about, and in this contrary means was the sacrifice burnt up. Christ for the curing of a blind man, ten pers spittle and clay together, which in all reason, is a fitter means to put out the eyes, then to cause the blind to see.
Thus in the Creation euery creature had his beeing of that which had no beeing, and something was made, not of something, but of nothing. After the flood, the signe of ⟨p. 115⟩Gods coueuant, for the preseruation of the world from destruction by raine, is the Rainbow, which indeed is a naturall signe of raine. When Elias was to prooue the Lord to be the onely true God, against the Idolatrous priests of Baal, and that by burnt offerings; he powred water vpon the sacrifice, & fills a trench with water round about, and in this contrarie means was the sacrifice burnt vp. Christ for the curing of a blind man, tē pers spittle and clay together, which in all reason, is a fitter meanes to put out the eyes, then to cause the blind to see.
Thus in the work of our Redemption, Christ gives life, not by life, but by death, and he sends men to heaven by the gates and suburbs of hell: he shows his greatest power, in the greatest weakness; nay his power 1is made perfect through weakness. He will not build upon an old foundation, but he pulls down and destroys all, that Man may have no hope at all in himself, but that all the hope he hath, may be in God. First he kills, and then he makes alive, as Anna