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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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To come to the petition, wherein we will handle, first the necessity of it; then the meaning; and lastly the uses.
To come to the petition, wherein we will handle, first the necessitie of it; then the meaning; and lastly the vses.
For the first: This petition may seem to be needless; for they that make it are Gods children, who have all their sins forgiven them, ⟨p. 293⟩both past, present, and to come. Ans. This indeed must be the daily1 petition of all Gods children in this world, and the necessity of it is great; for howsoever in the purpose of God all sins are pardoned to true believers; yea, all sins past repented of, are so forgiven, that they shall never be again imputed: yet sins present, and to come, are not actually pardoned, till they be repented of. This experience teacheth, for who can feel the assurance of mercy for any sin committed, before he have repented of it? and though true repentance once had set us for ever in Gods favour, yet it must be daily renewed for our daily falls, or else we cannot know it to be true. Hence it is, that Paul entreats the Saints of God in Corinth (though they had truly repented at their conversion) to be reconciled unto God, 2. Corinth. 5. 20. meaning, by renewing their repentance. And David was the true child of God, yet being left unto himself, he fell into two grievous sins, wherein he lay almost a whole year without repentance; during all which time, he had not pardon of them actually; for Nathan rebuked him to bring him to repentance, and upon his confession, pronounced them pardoned: yea, and David himself afterward, for the fuller assurance of mercy to his soul, most earnestly entreated pardon hereof at the hands of Gods, Psal. 51. So that this petition is most necessary, as well for actual pardon of sins present, as for the more full assurance of sins past.