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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, OLIVER LORD St. JOHN, BARON OF BLETSO, his very good Lord, Grace and peace.
TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE, OLIIVER LORD St. IOHN, BARON OF BLETSO, his very good Lord, Grace and peace.
The sacred Scriptures (Right Honourable) are so plainly styled by the spirit of truth to be all and wholly arighteous, bperfect and cpure, yea most dpure, that it must needs savour of the spirit of Antichrist to judge any part thereof (as the Papists do) unmeet for Gods people to be acquainted withal. And yet I doubt not but that on our behalf for some respects, a kind of preeminence may be yielded to some parcels of Scripture above others, without any derogation therefrom-: else the eApostles should have wronged Moses and the Prophets, by preferring the Gospel far before them in glory and evidence. And therefore as Paul gave a special charge to fTimothy of his parchments above his books, as being, though not for matter more precious, yet for present use at least, more expedient: so may our hearts, embracing with reverence the whole truth of God as pure and perfect, in regard of fitness to our peculiar estate, cleave more nearly to some portion thereof then unto others: for seeing herein is both milk and strong meat, who will doubt, but that according to our age and growth in Christ we should affect? But I may not here dilate of this difference of Scripture, and therefore will come