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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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1Object. 1. Cor. 7. Ye are bought with a price, 2be ye not the servants of men. Ans. The meaning is, that servants should not subject themselves to men as to absolute Lords; for we must do service one to another for Gods sake; and not only for God but in God.
1Obiect. 1. Cor. 7. Ye are bought with a price, 2be ye not the seruants of men. Ans. The meaning is, that seruants should not subiect themselues to men as to absolute Lords; for wee must doe seruice one to another for Gods sake; and not onely for God but in God.
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1Ob. Believers are governed by the spirit of God, and so are able to govern themselves every way, and need not any government of man.2 Ans. One thing it is what we do, another what we ought to do: we ought indeed so to live, as not to need governors, but we do not; yea and if believers could, yet were the reason naught, for the Church contains as well bad as good; hypocrites as well as sincere Christians; and therefore the best Churches need Magistracy for the punishment of the evil doers, and the praise of them that do well. Yea the Church lying open to the malice of Satan and the wicked, standeth ever in need of Magistracy to protect it by force and war, or otherwise.