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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.
Thou wilt not suffer thy Wheat to lye too long in the chaff, for fear of hurting it: Is it then safe to suffer the Chaff of thy sins and corruptions to lye cankering ⟨p. 65⟩and rotting in thy heart? Be sure that that little portion of grace, which thou attainest unto, by living in the Church, and under the ministry of the word of God, will be putrefied, and clean corrupted with the Chaff of thy sins: therefore again, and again, I exhort you to make conscience of this duty: Search into your selves, fan out this chaff, this presumption of ours, and high esteeming of our own nature, and conceits of Gods favour before we have it: that so this Chaff being blown away, the Lord may then bestow upon us soundness of grace, and the foundation of all goodness, which is a holy and humbled heart.
Thou wilt not suffer thy Wheate to lye too long in the chaffe, for feare of hurting it: Is it then safe to suffer the Chaffe of thy sinnes and corruptions to lye cankering ⟨p. 65⟩and rotting in thy heart? Be sure that that little portion of grace, which thou attainest vnto, by liuing in the Church, and vnder the ministery of the word of God, will bee putryfied, and cleane corrupted with the Chaffe of thy sinnes: therefore againe, and againe, I exhorte you to make conscience of this dutie: Search into your selues, fanne out this chaffe, this presumption of ours, and high esteeming of our owne nature, and conceites of Gods fauour before we haue it: that so this Chaffe beeing blowne away, the Lord may then bestowe vpon vs soundnesse of grace, and the foundation of all goodnesse, which is a holy and humbled heart.
Salvation is such a building, as the foundation thereof had need to be sure and strong: Ignorance, blindness, and presumption, are not sufficient foundations for such a building: therefore as no man will build a strong house upon any earth, but he will first search it, least it prove sandy, and so overthrow all: So a wise Christian will not build his salvation, upon fancies and conceits, and natural presumptions: but will Search, and look into his heart: and finding these to be sandy, and rotten, and therefore too weak for the foundation of so glorious a building, will refuse them all, and labour to furnish his heart with such sound grace, as