A09434:191
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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Adversaries hereof.
Aduersaries hereof.
First, our common people that thus abuse this doctrine: If I be chosen to salvation I shall be saved, therefore I may live as I list. They might as well reason thus: The term of my life is stinted, none can lengthen or shorten it, I will therefore neither eat nor drink, nor use Physic, nor other means of prolonging my days: which what were it else but to murder the body? So these from the same ground become murderers of their souls; whereas men chosen to the end, will press after the means and conclude otherwise, and say, I will use means that I may come to life. Secondly, others more learned are adversaries to this ground, who teach that God for his part hath chosen all men to life; and for his part would have all saved, and that Christ for his part hath redeemed all, and the holy Ghost giveth or offereth grace to all. If we ask, why then are not all saved? They answer, because God foresaw those who would believe, whom he appointed to salvation: he foresaw also others who would not believe, and adjudged them to damnation. But by this doctrine shall Gods will hang on the will of man, and be ruled by it, seeing he would have men saved, but man will not; and so this ground is in part razed.
First, our common people that thus abuse this doctrine: If I be chosen to saluation I shall be saued, therefore I may liue as I list. They might as well reason thus: The tearme of my life is stinted, none can lengthen or shorten it, I will therefore neither eate nor drink, nor vse Physicke, nor other meanes of prolonging my daies: which what were it else but to murther the bodie? So these from the same ground become murtherers of their soules; whereas men chosen to the end, will prease after the meanes and conclude otherwise, and say, I will vse meanes that I may come to life. Secondly, others more learned are aduersaries to this ground, who teach that God for his part hath chosen all men to life; and for his part would haue all saued, and that Christ for his part hath redeemed all, and the holy Ghost giueth or offereth grace to all. If wee aske, why then are not all saued? They answere, because God foresawe those who would beleeue, whom hee appointed to saluation: he foresaw also others who would not beleeue, and adiudged them to damnation. But by this doctrine shall Gods will hang on the will of man, and bee ruled by it, seeing hee would haue men saued, but man will not; and so this ground is in part rased.