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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
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Many man stand much upon their good meaning, and upright heart, and brag of a good nature: but they are foully deceived; for take the civilest man upon the earth, and the seeds of all sins in the world are in him by nature. ⟨p. 41⟩But to explain this point fully, observe these 2. clauses.
Manie man stand much vpon their good meaning, and vpright heart, and bragge of a good nature: but they are foulely deceiued; for take the ciuilest man vpon the earth, and the seedes of all sinnes in the worlde are in him by nature. ⟨p. 41⟩But to explain this point fully, obserue these 2. clauses.
First, I say not, the practise of all sins, but the seeds; for all men practise not all sin: the seeds are in their nature: but the practise is restrained, sometime by education, sometime by good and wholesome laws: sometime the constitution of mens bodies, deny the practise of some sins, sometime the country a man dwells in, or calling a man lives in, keeps him from the practise of some sins: and always a general and limiting grace of GOD, restrains the nature of all men, from running into many sins: which hand of God, if God should take away, and leave every man to his nature, ⟨p. 42⟩we should see that every man would practise any sin in the world: yea, even the greatest sins that ever we heard to be done in the world. All men which know themselves, know this to be true, and the more a man knows his own heart, the more he seeth that his heart is a Sea of all wickedness: and that it is the mercy and grace of God, that he hath not fallen into the mightiest and most monstrous sins in the world.
First, I say not, the practise of all sinnes, but the seedes; for all men practise not all sinne: the seedes are in their nature: but the practise is restrained, sometime by education, sometime by good and wholsome lawes: somtime the constitution of mens bodies, deny the practise of som sins, somtime the countrie a man dwelles in, or calling a man liues in, keepes him from the practise of some sinnes: and alwayes a generall and limitting grace of GOD, restrains the nature of all men, from running into manie sinnes: which hand of God, if God should take away, and leaue euerie man to his nature,