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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.
But, when this first Fan of the word, will not serve to bring men to repentance, (for the word preached, doth not confound a man actually, but only pronounce the sentence, and thereby strive ⟨p. 130⟩strike the conscience) then God hath another fan, and that is the Fan of his judgements: and that fanning or winnowing time is, when he executes his vengeance and his judgements on a Nation: this is his latter fan, when the first will not prevail, this is his powerful and strong fan driven about with the wind of his wrath, this fan went over the old world, and swept them all away, and went over the Nation of the Jews, and we see they are no more.
But, when this first Fanne of the word, will not serue to bring men to repentance, (for the word preached, doth not confound a man actually, but onely pronounce the sentence, and thereby striue ⟨p. 130⟩strike the consciēce) then God hath another fanne, and that is the Fanne of his iudgements: and that fanning or winnowing time is, when he executes his vengeance and his iudgements on a Nation: this is his latter fanne, when the first will not preuaile, this is his powerfull and strong fan driuen about with the winde of his wrath, this fanne went ouer the olde worlde, and swept them all away, and went ouer the Nation of the Iewes, and wee see they are no more.
1. These three fans of God, make a threefold separation of the Chaff from the wheat, that is, of the wicked from the Elect: with the fan of his word which ⟨p. 131⟩is powerful, he severs them in all affection, and disposition, and makes a distinction of them, so, as generally the wheat is known to be wheat, and Chaff discerned to be Chaff, by the Preaching of the word: but though the tare be known to be tare, yet both grow together, so that the word only serves them in affection, and sets several notes of distinction upon them both.