A09434:384
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 8: Vers. 8. Likewise notwithstanding these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise gou…
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In this verse three things are offered to be considered of us: first, the […] down of two vices unto which these men were addicted: first, they […] flesh: secondly, they despise government. Secondly, the fountain of these and other their sins in this word […]. Thirdly, the manner of their sins in these two words; Likewise notwithstanding; namely in two things: first, as Sodom and Gomorrah sinned, so •• ned these likewise, no otherwise than they. Secondly, they did not only sin as they of Sodom did▪ but notwithstanding they knew what had befallen Sodom and Gomorrah, they not being afraid of these judgements rush into these sins: and hereby they are convinced to be dreamers, seeing they sleep securely in the middest of such judgements.
In this verse three things are offered to be considered of vs: first, the 〈…〉 downe of two vices vnto which these men were addicted: first, they 〈…〉 flesh: secondly, they despise gouernment. Secondly, the fountaine of these and other their sins in this word 〈…〉. Thirdly, the manner of their sinnes in these two words; Likewise notwithstanding; namely in two things: first, as Sodome and Gomorrha sinned, so •• ned these likewise, no otherwise than they. Secondly, they did not only sinne as they of Sodome did▪ but notwithstanding they knew what had befallen Sodom and Gomorrha, they not being afraide of these iudgements rush into these sinnes: and hereby they are conuinced to bee dreamers, seeing they sleepe securely in the middest of such iudgements.
In handling the words we will first speak of the fountain, because it is first in nature, and then secondly of their sins flowing from thence. The original of these sins is that they are dreamers;1 which word leadeth us to a double cause of them: first, that they are sleepers made […] with sleep and secondly, in this sleep of theirs they are deluded with dreams We are then to understand first what th sleep is: and in the next pce, what be the dreame which in […] sleep […]