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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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Concerning y• weight of this ground, it appeareth in Micah. 6.7. where the Lord testifieth himself to be more delighted with the practise of love and mercy, than with oblations of thousands of Rams, and ten thousand rivers of oil: and elsewhere, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice. Yea Titus 2.12. This is made the end of the appearing of the grace of God, that we should live soberly in regard of our selves, justly in regard of others, and godly in regard of God. These virtues are so respected of God, that they are said to go immediately before his face, Psal. 89.14. and so necessary among men, that without them no society can be preserved.
Concerning y• weight of this ground, it appeareth in Micha. 6.7. where the Lord testifieth himselfe to be more delighted with the practise of loue and mercie, than with oblations of thousands of Rammes, and tenne thousand riuers of oyle: and elsewhere, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice. Yea Titus 2.12. This is made the end of the appearing of the grace of God, that we should liue soberly in regard of our selues, iustly in regard of others, and godly in regard of God. These vertues are so respected of God, that they are said to go immediatly before his face, Psal. 89.14. and so necessarie among men, that without them no societie can be preserued.
The adversaries hereof are, first,1 the lives of most men, who seek their own things, and not to maintain the lives, goods, name, chastity of others: yea too many prefer their private gain before the common good of men in Church and Common-wealth. Secondly, the