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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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Thirdly, we must strive against our corrupt1 motions and affections, not giving them liberty to bear sway in us, but ruling them by meditating in the word of God, and by prayer for strength of grace to overcome them all; dealing with them as parents do with knives, turning the edges of them before they leave them in the hands of their children, least they be hurt therewith: as if our love be set upon the world, we must labour to set it upon Christ and his righteousness; and if our hatred be against our brethren, we must labour to set it upon sin, and so for every affection, as joy, fear, &c. we must so keep them to their right objects, that they may rather further us in well doing, then become in us the occasions of any sin against God.
Thirdly, we must striue against our corrupt1 motions and affections, not giuing them libertie to beare sway in vs, but ruling them by meditating in the word of God, and by prayer for strength of grace to ouercome them all; dealing with them as parents doe with kniues, turning the edges of them before they leaue them in the hands of their children, least they be hurt therewith: as if our loue be set vpon the world, we must labour to set it vpon Christ and his righteousnes; and if our hatred be against our brethren, we must labour to set it vpon sinne, and so for euery affection, as ioy, feare, &c. we must so keepe them to their right obiects, that they may rather further vs in well doing, then become in vs the occasions of any sinne against God.
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The second kind of occasions of sin which a man giveth to himself,1 arise from his mind and imagination: And they are many, I will only note three. The first, is an inward conceit of perfect knowledge,