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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.
1The adversaries hereof are, first, many amongst us, as those who spend their lives in gaming, and they who spend their wealth in boozing and drinking: and they also who being strong to labour spend their time in begging: all which are vile courses of life, and enemies to all good societies. Secondly, the Roman religion: first, in maintaining a Monkish life, whereby a man cutteth himself off from all society, and lives in prayer and fasting: but we are taught not only to practise duties of the first table, but of the second also, and without the special calling the general is nothing. Secondly, In maintaining looseness of life and idleness, for God having appointed 52. Sabbaths in the year, wherein men are to lay aside their ordinary callings, and no moe, they have added (as may appear in their calendar) fifty two moe, which they call holy days, and so spend more than a quarter of a year in rest and idleness, whereby they become adversaries of this ground.
1The aduersaries hereof are, first, many amongst vs, as those who spend their liues in gaming, and they who spend their wealth in bezeling and drinking: and they also who being strong to labor spend their time in begging: all which are vile courses of life, and enemies to all good societies. Secondly, the Roman religion: first, in maintaining a Monkish life, whereby a man cutteth himselfe off from all societie, and liues in prayer and fasting: but wee are taught not onely to practise duties of the first table, but of the second also, and without the speciall calling the generall is nothing. Secondly, In maintaining loosenes of life and idlenes, for God hauing appointed 52. Sabbaths in the yeere, wherein men are to lay aside their ordinarie callings, and no moe, they haue added (as may appeare in their callender) fiftie two moe, which they call holy daies, and so spend more than a quarter of a yeere in rest and idlenes, whereby they become aduersaries of this ground.
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