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A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount
A godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his executors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adjoined a twofold table: one, of special points here handled; the other, of choice places of Scripture here quotedA godly and learned exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount: preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and iudicious diuine M. William Perkins. Published at the request of his exequutors by Th. Pierson preacher of Gods word. Whereunto is adioyned a twofold table: one, of speciall points here handled; the other, of choise places of Scripture here quoted
Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the University of Cambridge, 1608Cambridge : Printed by Thomas Brooke and Cantrell Legge, printers to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, 1608
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v. 28. And why care ye for raiment? learn how the lil•es of the field do grow: they labour not, neither spin: 29. Yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30. Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the •ven, shall he not do much more unto ⟨p. 383⟩y••, O ye of little faith?
v. 28. And why care ye for raiment? learne how the lil•es of the field doe grow: they labour not, neither spinne: 29. Yet I say vnto you, that euen Salom•n in all his glorie was not araied like one of these. 30. Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the field, which is to day, and to morrow is cast into the •ven, shall he not doe much more vnto ⟨p. 383⟩y••, O ye of little faith?
In these three verses Christ returneth to his former commandment1 against distrustful care contained in the 25. verse: and here urgeth one part thereof concerning care for raiment, and the other for meat and drink, in the 31. verse. Now what meaneth Christ by this manner of handling this heavenly doctrine, not only to propound it, and to urge it by strong and forcible reasons, but again to repeat it, and urge it by piece-meal? Surely, hereby he declares himself▪ to be the true doctor of his Church: for having a weighty point of doctrine in hand, which the nature of man in unwilling to receive and practise, he doeth beside the propounding and confirming of it, thus urge it by piecemeal, that hereby it may the better take place in our heart, and be the more effectual to bing forth obedience in our lives. And this fidelity must every one show that is to teach the word of God to others: not only ministers, though it be their duty specially, but also masters and parents, as