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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;
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The eleventh ground is 1. Tim. 1.19. Keep faith and good conscience. 1The meaning: By faith we must understand the wholesome doctrine and religion delivered in the writings of the Prophets and Apostles: further, this faith must not go alone, but must have his companion, which is a good conscience; the property of which is to excuse and justify a man in all callings before God and man: and it is known by a two-fold testimony: first of the life past: secondly, of the life present and to come. The testimony of the life past is, that a man hath repented him of all his sins past, and is turned unto God. The testimony of the life present and to come is, first, that a man hath a purpose never to offend God, but endeavours to please him in all things. Secondly, that when he hath slipped and sinned against Go•, it was not wittingly and willingly, but of humane infirmity. Thirdly, that a man hath his general testimony which is required to a good conscience. Psal. 119.6. I shall not be confounded, when I have respect to all thy Commandements Jam. 2.5. He that breaketh one Commandment, i• guilty of all: that is, he that wittingly and willingly against the knowledge of his conscience break one of the Commandments of God, will, if occasion be offered, willingly and of knowledge break them all: so as a good conscience must testify on a mans side concerning all sins and all obedience. Examples whereof we have in Hezekiah, Isaiah. 38.3. Remember Lord how I have walked before thee with a perfect heart. And in Paul, 1. Cor. 4.4. I know nothing by my self. The weight of the ground appeareth in the words following, where the Apostle saith, that while some put away good conscience, they have made shipwreck concerning the faith: where he compareth our conscience to a ship, our religion and faith to our treasures laid in it. Now as a hole in the ship loseth the treasures by sinking the ship: so crack the conscience, and the treasures of religion suffer shipwreck: whence it is that Timothy is willed to keep the mystery of faith i pure conscience,