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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.
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,2 thou Cornelius, Peter, John, &c. shalt be saved. Ans. It is true indeed, there is no particular faith where there is no particular word, or which is proportional: but the Minister truly applying the general promise to this & that particular man, it is as much as if a mans name were registered in the scripture. Secondly, we have in substance a particular word, in that God who hath given the promise, hath given also a commandment, to every believer to apply the same unto himself. 1. Joh. 2.23. This is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his son Jesus Christ, which is equivalent to a particular word. As a King gives a pardon to a thousand men, but nameth never one of them: yet every of them truly applying the pardon, according to the Kings intention have the benefit of it, as surely as if all their names had bin set therein.
1The aduersaries of this ground are, first the common people, who for the most part professe that they are not certaine of the pardon of their sinnes; they hope well, because God is merciful; but to be certaine they thinke it impossible: as though there can bee hope and confidence where is no assurance: but speciall hope alwaies presupposeth speciall faith. Secondly the Papists, for they condemne speciall faith for these reasons: First, where is no word, there (say they) can be no particular faith; but there is no word that saith,2 thou Cornelius, Peter, Iohn, &c. shalt be saued. Ans. It is true indeede, there is no particular faith where there is no particular word, or which is proportionall: but the Minister truly applying the generall promise to this & that particular man, it is as much as if a mans name were registred in the scripture. Secondly, wee haue in substance a particular word, in that God who hath giuen the promise, hath giuen also a commandement, to euery beleeuer to applie the same vnto himselfe.