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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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for which fact the place became so odious to the godly, that to aggravate the heinousness of this crime, they used this name to signify and betoken the place of torment appointed for the reprobate: whereupon in Christs time, Gehenna, and the fire of hell, were in signification all one. Now in this valley the Jews used to burn their malefactors; and unto this kind of judgement Christ alludeth, meaning not simply hell fire, the torments of the damned, but a more grievous and greater kind of punishment then the former, because it was a higher degree of sin: so that Christs meaning is this; Howsoever your Scribes and Pharisees teach you, that there is no murder but actual killing, and that it only deserves condemnation: yet I which am the law-giver say unto you, that as you have divers punishments in several courts for divers offences, as hanging, stoning, and burning: so God he hath divers degrees of punishments for the several breaches of this commandment: he that is rashly angry, is worthy of judgement: and he that gives out any show of his anger in gesture, shall be punished more grievously; but he that shows forth his anger by railing and reviling, shall endure the most grievous punishment of all.
for which fact the place became so odious to the godly, that to aggrauate the heinousnes of this crime, they vsed this name to signifie and betoken the place of torment appointed for the reprobate: whereupon in Christs time, Gehenna, and the fire of hell, were in signification all one. Now in this valley the Iewes vsed to burne their malefactours; and vnto this kinde of iudgement Christ alludeth, meaning not simply hell fire, the torments of the damned, but a more grieuous and greater kind of punishment then the former, because it was a higher degree of sinne: so that Christs meaning is this; Howsoeuer your Scribes and Pharisies teach you, that there is no murther but actuall killing, and that it onely deserues condemnation: yet I which am the law-giuer say vnto you, that as you haue diuers punishments in seuerall courts for diuers offences, as hanging, stoning, and burning: so God he hath diuers degrees of punishments for the seuerall breaches of this commandement: he that is rashly angrie, is worthie of iudgement: and he that giues out any shew of his anger in gesture, shall be punished more grieuously; but he that shewes forth his anger by rayling and reuiling, shall endure the most grieuous punishment of all.