A09432:741
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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IIII. Our principal care must be how to come to heaven, for1 there our father is: ordinarily a child desires to be with his father, and is best pleased on his mothers lap, or in his fathers arms: herein therefore we must testify our selves to be the sons and daughters of God, by our unfeigned desire to be in heaven where our father is. It is unnatural for a child not to be delighted with his fathers house, and so it argues them to be void of grace, that have no affection towards heaven and heavenly things: let us therefore delight to pray, whereby we may creep into our fathers bosom, and though our bodies be on earth, yet in affection and desire let our souls mount up to heaven: here we are but pilgrims, if God be our father, our hearts must be upon our home which is heaven where our father is.
IIII. Our principall care must be how to come to heauen, for1 there our father is: ordinarily a child desires to be with his father, and is best pleased on his mothers lappe, or in his fathers armes: herein therefore we must testifie our selues to be the sonnes and daughters of God, by our vnfained desire to be in heauen where our father is. It is vnnaturall for a child not to be delighted with his fathers house, and so it argues them to be void of grace, that haue no affection towards heauen and heauenly things: let vs therefore delight to pray, whereby we may creepe into our fathers bosome, and though our bodies be on earth, yet in affection and desire let our soules mount vp to heauen: here we are but pilgrimes, if God be our father, our hearts must be vpon our home which is heauen where our father is.
- 1Our affection towards heaven.Our affection towards heauen.
Now the words of this preface thus opened, contain a twofold notable1