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A godly and learned exposition upon the whole epistle of Jude, containing threescore and…A godlie and learned exposition upon the whole epistle of Iude, containing threescore and…
A godly and learned exposition upon the whole epistle of Jude, containing threescore and six sermons preached in Cambridge by that reverend and faithful man of God, Master William Perkins, and now at the request of his executors, published by Thomas Taylor, preacher of Gods word ; whereunto is prefixed a large analysis, containing the sum and order of the whole book, according to the authors own method, to which are further added, four brief tables to direct the reader ...A godlie and learned exposition upon the whole epistle of Iude, containing threescore and sixe sermons preached in Cambridge by that reverend and faithfull man of God, Master William Perkins, and now at the request of his executors, published by Thomas Taylor, preacher of Gods word ; whereunto is prefixed a large analysis, containing the summe and order of the whole booke, according to the authors owne method, to which are further added, foure briefe tables to direct the reader ...
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1606
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Mortification is a part of sanctification, whereby the power,1 tyranny and strength of original sin is weakened, and also by little and little abolished, which be considered to be not in one part only, but throughout; so as when one part of original sin decayeth, so doth also the rest, the ground of which is the virtue and efficacy of Christs death: which if any ask what it is, and what power it can have since it is ended: I answer, it is that power of his Godhead whereby on the cross he sustained his Manhood, and so made his death a satisfaction to the justice of God for mans sin.
Mortification is a part of sanctification, whereby the power,1 tyrannie and strength of originall sinne is weakned, and also by little and little abolished, which be cōsidered to be not in one part onely, but throughout; so as when one part of originall sinne decaieth, so doth also the rest, the ground of which is the vertue and efficacie of Christs death: which if any aske what it is, and what power it can haue since it is ended: I answere, it is that power of his Godhead whereby on the crosse hee sust•ined his Manhood, and so made his death a satisfaction to the iustice of God for mans sinne.
- 1The first division of sanctification.The first diuision of sanctification.
It will be further asked,1 how come we to be partakers of this virtue of Christs death, and to feel the power of it in our hearts?
It will be further asked,