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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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Verse 27. Ye have heard that it hath been said of old time: Thou shalt not commit Adultery.
Verse 27. Yée haue heard that it hath beene said of olde time: Thou shalt not commit Adulterie.
Here our Saviour Christ goeth about to restore the seventh commandment, touching Adultery, to his true sense and meaning, and so to his proper and right use, by purging it from the false and erroneous interpretation of the Jews; for which end, he first lays down the false interpretation of the Scribes and Pharisees, verse 27. and then adjoineth the true sense thereof, verse 28. especially; yet so, as he continueth the same in the verses following.
Here our Sauiour Christ goeth about to restore the seauenth commandement, touching Adulterie, to his true sense and meaning, and so to his proper and right vse, by purging it from the false and erroneous interpretation of the Iewes; for which ende, he first laies down the false interpretation of the Scribes and Pharises, verse 27. and then adioyneth the true sense thereof, verse 28. especially; yet so, as he continueth the same in the verses following.
For the first; before the interpretation of the Jews Teachers, he prefixeth this Preface: Ye have heard that it hath bin said of old time; or, of the ancient Teachers, the meaning and use whereof, we have before showed, verse 21. Then after follow the words of the seventh commandment, Thou shalt not commit Adultery; which are the proper words of the H. Ghost; yet here must not they be taken in that sense, which the Scribes and Pharisees gave unto them: for the better conceiving whereof, this one thing especially must be opened; namely, what is Adultery here forbidden. Adultery properly, is the breach of wedlock1