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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 5: Vers. 5. I will therefore put you in remembrance, for as much as ye once know this, how…
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we can judge murder, theft, and adultery, great sins; but we never espy the mother sin of all, which is our infidelity, the main sin of the first Table, and the nursery of other sins, we never bewail it, we account lightly of it, and therefore the Lord taketh the revenge of this sin into his own hands, and punisheth it with destruction both of soul and body; so odious it is in his eyes, and ought therefore to be as heinous in ours also.
wee can iudge murther, theft, and adulterie, great sins; but wee neuer espie the mother sin of all, which is our infidelitie, the maine sinne of the first Table, and the nurcerie of other sins, we neuer bewaile it, we account lightly of it, and therefore the Lord taketh the reuenge of this sin into his owne hands, and punisheth it with destruction both of soule and bodie; so odious it is in his eyes, and ought therefore to bee as hainous in ours also.
The fourth thing in the example is the manner of the speech, which at the first seemeth to be general, as though all they had been destroyed which believed not; whereas indeed it is special, for all that believed not were not destroyed, seeing that all under twenty years were exempted and saved, Num. 14.29. who were reserved that God might still have his Church among them, and that there might be of them a people left to possess the good land, according to the promise: where note that to be true which Habakkuk ascribeth to God, that in his justice he remembereth mercy;1 by which mercy the younger so•• are here spared; which warranteth us to pray in common judgements, that the Lord pour not ou• his whole wrath upon us; neither in our temptations utterly forsake us, and give us over to Satan's malice, seeing he hath manifested such goodness towards his Church, that in judgements he hath remembered his mercy. But here it may be asked, […] this can stand with equity that e•en thse men should be destroyed for it