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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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Quest. May we not direct our prayers to the So•ne, or to the holy Ghost by name? Ans. Yes: for Stephen prayed to the Son, Act. 7. 59. Lord Jesus receive my spirit: and Christ bids hi• Disciples, Go teach 1all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost: that is, calling upon the name of the Father, Son, and holy Ghost. Object. But in this perfect platform, we are taught to pray to the Father alone. Ans. Though the Father alone be here named, yet the other two persons are not hereby excluded: the Father indeed is most usually named, because he is the first in order▪ but yet with him always is implied the Son, and the holy Ghost: for as all the three persons subsist in one and the same divine nature or Godhead, and are not severed in will, in counsel, or in outward actions, as creation, preservation, and redemption, save only that they are distinguished in the manner of working: so likewise must they be all conceived in our minds together when we pray, and none severed out though they be not named: we must pray to all, though we name but one, having in that one relation to the rest in our mind and heart. And if we conceive aright of the order of the persons in Trinity subsisting in the unity of essence, we may safely name in our prayers which person we will, so that withal we include the rest in our mind, and may also (if we name all) place them in such order as best fitteth our present occasion, as the Apostle doth in his benediction 1▪ • ▪ Cor. 13. 13. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ• ▪ and the▪ lo•e of God the father, and the communion of the holy Ghost […] with you all• A•en. where he placeth the second person before ⟨p. 255⟩