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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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Verse 1 › Adversaries of this main ground are;Verse 1 › Aduersaries of this maine ground are;
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Secondly, that a man may come to this estate, there must be some root and beginning, whence this change may arise, and that is no other than Christ crucified, the Redeemer and Mediator, of whose body believers are members, of his flesh and of his bones, Ephes. 5.30. for look as Eve was made of the side of Adam, so is every believer of the blood of Christ; and as every man, so far as he is a sinful man, springeth from the first Adam, so doth every man, so far as he is renewed, spring from the second Adam Christ Jesus. Now that a man may spring out of Christ, he must first (being taken out of the wild Olive the old Adam, Rom, 6.5.) be set and ingrafted into the second Adam as a new stock, and that by faith wrought in the heart by the spirit of God: by which incision he receiveth from Christ two things: first, in regard of his soul, holiness: secondly, in regard of body, incorruption, seeing that the whole man is united unto Christ, and so both soul and body receive immortality and glory.
Secondly, that a man may come to this estate, there must be some root and beginning, whence this change may arise, and that is no other than Christ crucified, the Redeemer and Mediatour, of whose bodie beleeuers are members, of his flesh and of his bones, Ephes. 5.30. for looke as Eue was made of the side of Adam, so is euery beleeuer of the blood of Christ; and as euery man, so farre as he is a sinfull man, springeth from the first Adam, so doth euery man, so farre as he is renewed, spring from the second Adam Christ Iesus. Now that a man may spring out of Christ, he must first (being taken out of the wilde Oliue the old Adam, Rom, 6.5.) be set and ingrafted into the second Adam as a new stocke, and that by faith wrought in the heart by the spirit of God: by which incision hee receiueth from Christ two things: first, in regard of his soule, holines: secondly, in regard of bodie, incorruption, seeing that the whole man is vnited vnto Christ, and so both soule and body receiue immortalitie and glorie.
Thirdly, in this new birth there must be a new life, by which if any live not, he is not borne again: for the distinct knowledge of which life we must distinguish of life: life is uncreated, and created: uncreated life is the life of God, yea God himself; of which kind this is not. Created life, is either natural, or spiritual: Natural, is that which we live by natural means, as meat, drink, sleep, physic &c. of which kind this new life is not: but this is that spiritual life, whereby a man in this life is ruled by the spirit of God according to the word; and it standeth in two things: First, when the spirit dwelleth in the heart; Secondly, when the spirit ruleth the hart: or more plainly, this life hath two degrees: First, when a man beginneth to savour, affect, and will spiritual things, loveth them, and chiefly affecteth them,