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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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Vers. 3. Beloved, when I gave […] diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you that ye should earnestly contend, for the faith which was once given unto the Saints.]
Vers. 3. Beloued, when I gaue 〈…〉 diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation, it was needfull for me to write vnto you that ye should earnestly contend, for the faith which was once giuen vnto the Saints.]
Here begins the second part of this Epistle, which is the Exhortation, reaching to the end of the 23. verse. In this verse two things are contained. First, the causes which moved the Apostle to write the Epistle. Secondly, the matter of his exhortation. The causes of his writing are three. First his love, noted in the word Beloved. Secondly, his ready and willing mind of himself, noted in the word diligence, which signifieth a careful endeavour and study to do the Church good, and it is enlarged by three arguments: first, in that he gave all diligence, and not some part only, to further the Church. Secondly, when he could not speak to the Catholic church, he gave diligence to write. Thirdly, he writeth not of small matters, but of things most weighty, such as concern• ⟨p. 17⟩their salvation: against which seeing it might be objected, that he was not able to write of such a weighty matter, he therefore calls it common salvation to cut oft that surmise, as also to show that it is common to himself and the whole Church, of which therefore having a share therein he is not ignorant.
Here begins the second part of this Epistle, which is the Exhortation, reaching to the end of the 23. verse. In this verse two things are contained. First, the causes which mooued the Apostle to write the Epistle. Secondly, the matter of his exhortation. The causes of his writing are three. First his loue, noted in the word Beloued. Secondly, his readie and willing minde of himselfe, noted in the word diligence, which signifieth a carefull endeuour and studie to doe the Church good, and it is enlarged by three arguments: first, in that he gaue all diligence, and not some part onely, to further the Church. Secondly, when hee could not speake to ye Catholike church, he gaue diligence to write. Thirdly, he writeth not of small matters, but of things most weightie, such as concern