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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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To cut off this offence: First, the will of God must be considered, for ⟨p. 128⟩the penning and preaching of his word, in plain and simple manner! for herein is that true, bthat God hath chosen such things, as to the world are foolish, weak, vile, and despised, to confound and bring to nought the wise, and mighty things of the world: and hereby also it is made evident, that cthe faith of Gods elect, doth not consist in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God: again, the preaching of the Gospel, dwith the wisdom of words, makes the cross of Christ of none effect: let no man therefore deceive himself, for ethe foolishness of God is wiser then men, and the weakness of God stronger then men. Again, he that doth exercise5 himself in the word of God either privately or publicly, must labour thereby to see his own sins, and Gods heavy judgement due unto him for them; and so will he begin to reverence Gods word, as the only means of true comfort. The woman of fSamaria, at the first began to cavil with Christ, when she heard him talk of the water of life: but so soon as he discovered her sin to her conscience, telling her gshe had had five husbands, and he whom she now had, was not her husband; then she left off to cavil, and hhonoured him by believing his word, and causing others to come and to believe in him. The Jews made ilight of the giving of the holy Ghost unto the Apostles at the first; but when Peter had