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A faithful and plain exposition upon the 2. chapter of Zephaniah by that reverend…A faithfull and plaine exposition vpon the 2. chapter of Zephaniah by that reuerend…
A faithful and plain exposition upon the 2. chapter of Zephaniah by that reverend and judicious divine, M.W. Perkins. Containing a powerful exhortation to repentance: as also the manner how men in repentance are to search themselves. Published by a preacher of the word. With a preface prefixed, touching the publishing of M. Perkins his works. And a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected.A faithfull and plaine exposition vpon the 2. chapter of Zephaniah by that reuerend and iudicious diuine, M.W. Perkins. Containing a powerful exhortation to repentance: as also the manner hovve men in repentance are to search themselues. Published by a preacher of the vvord. With a preface prefixed, touching the publishing of M. Perkins his vvorks. And a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected.
London: printed by T. Creed for William Welby, 1609
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And you be as chaff, that passeth on a day.
And you be as chaffe, that passeth on a day.
The Prophet proceedeth, and describeth more plainly, the manner and state of that plague, which God will send upon them: the meaning was partly opened before, to be in effect thus much; Search your selves, least God take his fan and try you, because you would not try your selves, and finding you upon the trial, not sound Wheat, but light Chaff: blow you to Hell with the wind of his wrath: the Metaphor which the Prophet useth is this, he compares the ⟨p. 126⟩Lord to a husbandman, great and rich, the whole world is his corn field: several Nations, (as this of ours for one) are his heaps of corn: but the heaps of corn be full of Chaff, that is, these particular Churches, are full of hypocrites: now a wise husbandman letteth Corn and Chaff lye together no longer, then till the wind doth blow, and then he appoints his fanning time to sever his corn from his chaff, and to blow away his chaff, and lay up his corn: so God, the great and wise husbandman, will not let the chaff lye for ever amongst the Wheat, he hath therefore appointed his fanning times, when to blow the chaff into hell, & to gather his ⟨p. 127⟩wheat into heavenly garners.
The Prophet proceedeth, and describeth more plainly, the manner and state of that plague, which God will sende vpon them: the meaning was partly opened before, to bee in effect thus much; Search your selues, least God take his fanne and try you, because you woulde not trye your selues, and finding you vppon the tryall, not sound Wheate, but light Chaffe: blowe you to Hell with the winde of his wrath: the Metaphor which the Prophet vseth is this, he compares the ⟨p. 126⟩Lord to a husbandman, great and rich, the whole world is his corne fielde: seuerall Nations, (as this of ours for one) are his heapes of corne: but the heapes of corne bee full of Chaffe, that is, these particular Churches, are full of hypocrites: nowe a wise husbandman letteth Corne and Chaffe lye together no longer, then till the wind doth blowe, and then he appoints his fanning time to seuer his corne from his chaffe, and to blow away his chaffe, and lay vp his corne: so God, the great and wise husbandman, will not let the chaffe lye for euer amongst the Wheat, he hath therefore appointed his fāning times, whē to blow the chaff into hel, & to gather his