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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 8: Vers. 8. Likewise notwithstanding these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise gou…
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The second point followeth, […] upon what grounds they despised government? Ans. Their grounds may be known by the Heretics of th•• time the Anabaptists, who are given up to the same […]; and they […] be […] ⟨p. 77⟩to these four heads: First, subjection (say they) came in with sin; and therefore Christ having taken away sin, hath taken away subjection also. The former part they prove out of Gen. 1.26. Man in innocency was to rule over the fish of the sea, the fowls of heaven, over the beasts, the earth, and all creeping things; but not over man: but after the fall Eve is put under subjection to Adam, Genes. 3. Ans. There be two kinds of subjection: the first Servile, the second Civill. The former is the subjection of a slave or vassal, who is only to seek the proper good of his Lord and Master. The latter whereby one man is subject to another for the common good. The former came in by sin: the latter was before sin in innocency. Eve was subject to Adam in innocency: thus the Apostle reasoneth 1. Tim. 2.12. Let the woman be subject to the man: for she was taken out of the man. Again, in innocency it was said, Increase and multiply; and therefore in the light of nature is a plain distinction between the father and son, and an inequality.
The second point followeth, 〈…〉 vpon what grounds they despised gouernment? Ans. Their grounds may be knowne by the Heretikes of th•• time the Anabaptists, who are giuen vp to the same 〈…〉; and they 〈…〉 be 〈…〉 ⟨p. 77⟩to these foure heads: First, subiection (say they) came in with sinne; and therefore Christ hauing taken away sinne, hath taken away subiection also. The former part they prooue out of