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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Verse 1 › Adversaries of this main ground are;Verse 1 › Aduersaries of this maine ground are;
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The second point in this ground is the weight of it. That it is a main ground of Religion, appeareth thus: If the inheritance of life (saith Paul) be not by faith, it is not s•re, Rom. 4.15. For if we were entitled by works, the promise should not be certain: he then that oppugneth ⟨p. 26⟩this ground of particular faith, overthroweth the Gospel, as which cannot assure a man of salvation. Secondly, in the Catechism of the Primitive church, faith in God is made one ground, Heb. 6.1. Thirdly, this ground being the most main promise of the Gospel, whosoever overthroweth it, he depriveth men of all comfort of religion.
The second point in this ground is the weight of it. That it is a maine ground of Religion, appeareth thus: If the inheritance of life (saith Paul) be not by faith, it is not s•re, Rom. 4.15. For if we were intitled by workes, the promise should not be certaine: he then that oppugneth ⟨p. 26⟩this ground of particular faith, ouerthroweth the Gospel, as which cannot assure a man of saluation. Secondly, in the Catechisme of the Primitiue church, faith in God is made one groūd, Heb. 6.1. Thirdly, this ground being the most maine promise of the Gospell, whosoeuer ouerthroweth it, hee depriueth men of all comfort of religion.
1The adversaries of this ground are, first the common people, who for the most part profess that they are not certain of the pardon of their sins; they hope well, because God is merciful; but to be certain they think it impossible: as though there can be hope and confidence where is no assurance: but special hope always presupposeth special faith. Secondly the Papists, for they condemn special faith for these reasons: First, where is no word, there (say they) can be no particular faith; but there is no word that saith,