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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 4: Vers. 4. For there are certain men crep• in, which were of old before ordained to this…
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Vers. 4. For there are certain men crep• in, which were of old before ordained to this condemnation; ungodly men they are which turn the grace of our God into […]; and deny God the only Lord and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Vers. 4. For there are certain men crep• in, which were of old before ordained to this condemnation; vngodly men they are which turne the grace of our God into 〈…〉; and denie God the onely Lord and our Lord Iesus Christ.
Here the Apostle proceedeth to confirm his exhortation, by a reason drawn from the state of the Church ⟨p. 37⟩in his time, and it is thus briefly framed. There be certain men which secretly seek to undermine and overthrow the faith, therefore you ought the more earnestly to contend for it. And that these adversaries lurking amongst them might the better be descried, he describeth them by five several adjuncts: first, by their hypocrisy, in creeping in. Secondly, by their estate before God, they are of old ordained to this condemnation. Thirdly, by their religion; ungodly men they are. Fourthly, by their doctrine; they turn the grace of our God into wantonness. Fifthly, by their lives; they deny the only Lord. For the first, There are certain men crept in] That is, there be men who secretly have insinuated themselves into your societies, professing themselves to be teachers of the true faith, but are indeed the destroyers and disturbe•s of it. In which words two sins are la•d to their charge: first, that they cunningly joined themselves unto the Church, pretending themselves to be the servants of Christ and of the Church, and yet were enemies to both. Here mark the subtlety of Satan, who causeth profane men to join themselves to the societies of the Saints, that by this means mingling his instruments with the members of the Church, he may by degrees corrupt the faith and overthrow the Church. The Parable,