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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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Secondly, consider the goodness of Michaels cause, which was this: It was the will of God that Moses body should be buried in a secret place unknown to any man, to prevent and avoid all occasion of superstition and Idolatry among the Jews. The Devil on the contrary would discover it, that so the Israelites might fall to Idolatry before it; herein the Archangel resisted him, and strove with him for the performance of the will of God and the maintenance of his true worship: and yet in this good cause Michael durst not revile the Devil himself. In this cause consider two things. ⟨p. 84⟩First, the fight and contention between Michael and the Devil. Secondly, the cause and occasion of it about Moses body. In the former we may observe that there is a sharp and serious contention between good and bad Angels;1 in which the good Angels labour to defend all that are in Christ, against the rage and fury of the Devil and his angels. As Psal. 34.8. The Angels of the Lord pitch their tents round about those that fear him. And on the contrary, the Devil and wicked spirits cast about how to destroy the bodies and souls of men. 1. Pet. 5. Our adversary the Devil goeth about continually seeking whom he can devour. This combat concerneth and is conversant about either first the persons, or secondly the societies of men. The fight about the persons concerneth either infants, or men of years. First, for infants the Devil seeketh how to spoil and destroy them (especially those of elect and faithful parents) in regard of their weakness and tenderness both of mind and body: but the Angels of the Lord have charge given them to defend them against this malice of Satan. As Psal. 91.12. They shall bear thee up in their arms, that is, they shall be as nurses to bear them in their arms, preserving them from danger. Mat. 18.10. Despise not one of these little ones: for their Angels always behold the face of my father which is in heaven. Secondly, concerning men of years, the devil and his angels strive to drive them out of their ways and callings, and to lead them into crooked paths; as he would have had Christ to have leapt from off the top of the pinnacle, although he had an ordinary way to go down: and have made stones bread: but the good Angels on the other side are given us to keep us in all our ways,