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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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1The fifth ground is, Matth. 4.10. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. That this is a chief ground needs no proof; and therefore we will consider first the meaning, secondly the adversaries against whom we must contend. To know the meaning, the words going before will afford us some direction; wherein Satan having moved Christ to fall down and worship him with bodily worship only, and requiring not the main worship due to God, but a little bowing of the body; betokening that he was the disposer of the kingdoms of the world: this Christ denieth him with this reason ratified by Scripture, that it is a worship and service proper to God, and to be tendered to him only. Secondly, the words themselves are to be weighed: By [worship] is properly signified bodily▪ 2worship in a bodily gesture: the meaning then is, thou shalt with thy body adore the Lord, for so it is suitable to Satan's demand. The word [serve] signifieth all worship due to God both inward and outward. [Only] This word appertaineth to both the members, and so to the whole sentence; for else there should be no direct denial of Satan's temptation, requiring only the former and not the latter. But some will say,3 we may serve men lawfully, how then is service proper to God only?4 There be two kinds of worship; religious, and civill. Religious, is an action or actions of reverence and subjection, whereby a man doth acknowledge the Godhead it self, or the properties thereof, either in God himself truly, or in the creature falsely. These properties of God are, first, to be an absolute Lord. Secondly, to be Almighty. Thirdly, to be present in all places at all times. Fourthly, to hear all men in all places at all times. Fifthly, to know all things past, present, and to come, yea and the hearts of men. Sixthly, to be giver of all good things, and the preventer of all evil. Now, any action of reverence in signification of any of these properties is a religious worship; the very intent of the mind in religious worship being, to ascribe either Godhead or divine properties to the thing worshipped. Civill or politic worship is, when men perform actions of reverence and subjection to others, as acknowledging them to be preferred above themselves in gifts or authority.