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An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor…An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour…
An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor of the Scriptures, and the consent of orthodox Fathers of the Church. By William Perkins.An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour of the Scriptures, and the consent of orthodoxe Fathers of the Church. By William Perkins.
Cambridge: printed by John Legatt, 1595Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legatt, 1595
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yet (as Christ said to the young man) one thing is wanting, that thou shouldest be humbled; & until thou be humbled, nothing is to be looked for, but Gods judgement for sin.
yet (as Christ said to the young man) one thing is wanting, that thou shouldest be humbled; & vntill thou be hūbled, nothing is to be looked for, but Gods iudgement for sinne.
Secondly, seeing God is almighty; we must tremble and fear at all his judgements, we must stand in awe, quake, and quiver at them: as the poor child doth, when he seeth his father come with the rod. Example of this we have often in Gods word: as when the sons of Aaron offered strange fire before the Lord, he sent fire from heaven, and burned them up.1 Now Aaron he was very sorry for his sons: but when Moses told him, that the Lord would be glorified in all that came near him, then the text •aith, Aaron held his peace. So also we read that the Apostles reproved Peter, for preaching unto the Gentiles:2 but when Peter had expounded the things in order which he had seen, then they held their peace, and glorified God. As also David saith: I h•ld my tongue, O Lord, because thou didst it. 3Isaiah saith, In hope & silence is true fortitude. 4If a man be in trouble ⟨p. 46⟩he must hope for deliverance, and be quiet and patient at Gods judgements. But the practise of the world is flat contrary. For men are so far from trembling at them, that they will pray to God that plagues, curses, and vengeance may light upon them, and upon their servants and children. Now the Lord being a mighty God, often doth answerably bring his judgements upon them. Again, many carried with impatience, wish themselves hanged or drowned: which evils they think shall never befall them: yet at the length God doth in his justice bring such punishments upon them. Nay further in all ages there are some, which do scorn and mock at Gods judgements. Hereof we had not far hence a most fearful example. One being with his companion in a house drinking on the Lords day,