A09432:793
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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The meaning. This petition is propounded in a comparison, ⟨p. 275⟩which naturally standeth thus; As thy will is done in heaven, so let thy will be done in earth: And it hath two parts; The first respects the grace of obedience which we pray for, Thy will be done in earth: The second shows the right manner of performing it, as it is in heaven.
The meaning. This petition is propounded in a comparison, ⟨p. 275⟩which naturally standeth thus; As thy will is done in heauen, so let thy will bee done in earth: And it hath two parts; The first respects the grace of obedience which wee pray for, Thy will be done in earth: The second shewes the right manner of performing it, as it is in heauen.
For the first, Thy will, &c. Gods will is only one, considered in it self, as God is one; yet for our understanding, it may be thus distinguished: It is either absolute, or revealed. Gods absolute will, is the will1 of his good pleasure, whereby according to his eternal counsel, he determines of all things, what shall be done, or what shall not be done, and in what manner. This absolute will extendeth over all creatures, and over all their actions: Ephes. 1. 11. We are predestinate according to the purpose of him that worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. Roman. 9. 19. Who hath resisted his will? Matth. 10. 26. Without this will of God, a sparrow cannot fall to the ground. And this absolute will of God is hidden from us, till God reveal it by the event. Gods revealed will, is the sacred doctrine of God in his word,2