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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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This point is a plain and evident trueth: yet men in the world think not so, and it is the cause, why men repent not of their sins: for most men think that by nature, they are in Gods favour; and therefore they need not so sue for it in humiliation & repentance; but only live civilly, and do no open wrong, and all is well: whereas (alas) there is no condemned traitor, more out of his Princes favour, nor more sure of ⟨p. 53⟩death without a pardon, then all we are out of Gods favour, and sure of damnation, unless we procure Gods favour again, by Faith and Repentance.
This point is a plaine and euident trueth: yet men in the world thinke not so, and it is the cause, why men repent not of their sinnes: for most men thinke that by nature, they are in Gods fauour; and therefore they neede not so sue for it in humiliation & repentance; but only liue ciuillie, and do no open wrong, and all is well: whereas (alas) there is no condemned traitour, more out of his Princes fauour, nor more sure of ⟨p. 53⟩death without a pardon, then all wee are out of Gods fauour, and sure of damnation, vnlesse wee procure Gods fauour againe, by Faith and Repentance.
For the better opening of this third rule, and the manifesting of the Truth: let us know further, that the curse of God, under the which we all are borne, is three-fold.
For the better opening of this third rule, and the manifesting of the Truth: let vs knowe further, that the curse of God, vnder the which wee all are borne, is three-fold.
The first, is a bondage under Satan: It is a certain truth, that every man as he is borne of his Parents, and till he repent, is a slave of Satan: man or woman, high or low, Satan is his Lord and Master. He sits as Judge in his heart; and in his sense Satan is the king of the nations, and god of the world. Men