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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;
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Ans. Yea in regard of our selves we must not only doubt but despair:1 yet believers being found not in themselves but in Christ, may prove themselves whether they are in the faith or no, 2. Cor. 13.5. For whosoever repenteth, knoweth that he doth repent: We know we are of God, 1. Joh. 5.19.2 Ob. But all men in the world are full of doubting, and how can doubting stand with certainty of salvation?3 Ans. Consider faith first as it is in it self, so it is certain. Secondly, as it is in us, & so it is mingled with much doubting, which is not of the nature of faith, but contrary unto it; and yet these may and must stand together in the believer, for doubtings may disturb, but not destroy true faith: for the Lord (notwithstanding them) accepteth our weak faith as perfect, and our will to believe for belief it self, where he seeth grief conceived for doubtings, strife against them, and endeavour to have our faith increased.4