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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.
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 ⟨p. 54⟩will in words defy Satan, and not name him without defiance: and spit at him; and yet (alas) he is in their hearts: they spit him out of their mouths, but he is lower; they should also spit him out of their hearts, and that is true defiance indeed: for alas, he lodgeth in thy heart, and there he maketh his Throne, and reigns until the spirit of regeneration dispossess him: and till then, no servant is subject to his master, no slave to his Lord, as is the heart of man by nature unto Satan, the Prince of darkness. Nay, our bondage, is more fearful, then the slavery of any poor Christian, in the Spaniards, or in the Turks ⟨p. 55⟩Galleys: for their bodies are but in bondage, and at command, and under punishment, but our best part, our heart, our conscience, our soul it self is captivated unto him, and under his command, who is the king of cruelty, and confusion, and lord of hell, whose commandments are injustice, whose service is sin, and whose hire is damnation.
The first, is a bondage vnder Sathan: It is a certaine truth, that euerie man as hee is borne of his Parents, and till he repent, is a slaue of Sathan: man or woman, high or lowe, Sathan is his Lord and Maister. Hee sits as Iudge in his heart; and in his sense Sathan is the king of the natiōs, and god of the world. Men