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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 is the weight of this ground standing herein, that whosoever overthroweth this ground, overturneth this religion. For first, whosoever resembleth God in any Image, and worshippeth him therein, he denieth the true God, Rom. 1.25 The wisest of the Heathen worshipping God in their Images, turned the truth of God into a lie: so whatsoever men may believe of worshipping the true God in an Image, the truth is, it will prove no better than a lie unto them.1 The Apostle affirmeth, that whatsoever the Gentiles sacrificed to Idols, they sacrificed it unto Devils, and not unto God. Some may ask, how can this be, seeing their intent was to sacrifice unto God? I answer, that by offering to an Image, they denied God, and so not serving him, they became sacrificers to the Devils: for whosoever conceiveth of God otherwise than he will be conceived of, conceive an Idol, and not God; and he that will remember him in things wherein he will not be remembered, forgetteth him, as the Israelites, Psal. 106.21. Secondly, professed Idolatry maketh a separation between God and his people, as adultery doth between man and wife. For as a wife that seeketh to strangers, denieth her proper husband; so the Church, which is the spouse of God, going a whoring after Images and strange Gods, denieth God her husband, and procureth the Bill of divorce: see Hose 2. and Jerem. 3.8.
The second point is the weight of this ground standing herein, that whosoeuer ouerthroweth this ground, ouerturneth this religion. For first, whosoeuer resembleth God in any Image, and worshippeth him therein, he denieth the true God, Rom. 1.25 The wisest of the Heathē worshipping God in their Images, turned the truth of God into a lie: so whatsoeuer mē may beleeue of worshipping ye true God in an Image, the truth is, it will proue no better than a lie vnto them.1 The Apostle affirmeth, that whatsoeuer the Gentiles sacrificed to Idols, they sacrificed it vnto Diuels, and not vnto God. Some may aske, how can this be, seeing their intent was to sacrifice vnto God? I answere, that by offering to an Image, they denied God, and so not seruing him, they became sacrificers to the Diuels: for whosoeuer conceiueth of God otherwise than he will be conceiued of, conceiue an Idoll, and not God; and he that wil remember him in things wherein he will not be remembred, forgetteth him, as the Israelites,