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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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Fourthly, here we have a good ground of that holy practise of Gods1 children in sanctifying their meat and drink by prayer and thanksgiving: for here we are taught to pray for temporal blessings, and therefore when we have them and use them, we should glorify God by prayer and thanksgiving for his blessing upon them: the reason hereof is great: for first, hereby we are distinguished from brute beasts, who live upon Gods blessings, but yet cannot praise him as man may do: secondly, hereby we testify our right and interest into Gods creatures by Jesus Christ, which we lost in Adam, for true prayer is a fruit of faith, and by faith we are made partakers of Christ Jesus: thirdly, such is our corruption by nature, that we are prone to abuse all Gods blessings, and therefore we must pray for grace to use them moderately and thankfully.
Fourthly, here we haue a good ground of that holy practise of Gods1 children in sanctifying their meate and drinke by praier and thankesgiuing: for here we are taught to pray for temporall blessings, and therfore when we haue them and vse them, we should glorifie God by praier and thanksgiuing for his blessing vpon them: the reason hereof is great: for first, hereby we are distinguished from bruit beasts, who liue vpon Gods blessings, but yet cannot praise him as man may doe: secondly, hereby we testifie our right and interest into Gods creatures by Iesus Christ, which we lost in Adam, for true praier is a fruit of faith, and by faith we are made partakers of Christ Iesus: thirdly, such is our corruption by nature, that we are prone to abuse all Gods blessings, and therefore we must pray for grace to vse them moderately and thankefully.
- 1Sanctification of our food•.
Fifthly, here we may learn how to frame our daily prayers to God, for this circumstance of time must be referred to every petition; and therefore this must be our practise, every day to pray for grace to glorify Gods name, to yield obedience to his will, to have our sins forgiven, and so for the rest.