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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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Thirdly, mark who is the author of Idolatry, namely the devil himself, and of that especial part of it,1 which then he could not effect; but hath now obtained in that Idolatrous Church of Rome, namely, in worshipping of Images, stocks and stones, relics of Saints, and of the wooden Cross; yea arms, legs, hands, feet, and fingers of Martyrs: whence is all this but from the devil himself, who for the same purpose would have revealed where Moses body was buried by God? Yea so far have they gone on in this delusion, that they are become spectacles of folly to the whole world: for if John Baptist had had so many heads as the Papists brag of, he had been a monster of men: besides▪ though the Cross whereon Christ was crucified was no greater than as ordinary man might bear; yet so many several pieces thereof they pretend themselves to have in several places as would load a ship. Ob. They say they had all those ••likes by revelation ⟨p. 86⟩[…] Ans. These […] are but […] illusion• to maintain Idolatry: besides that […] (the word being […] perfect […] in all matters to be believed or done) unwritten revelations are no proofs of doctrine, but are lu••ly to be suspected.
Thirdly, marke who is the author of Idolatrie, namely the diuell himselfe, and of that especiall part of it,1 which then he could not effect; but hath now obtained in that Idolatrous Church of Rome, namely, in worshipping of Images, stocks and stones, relikes of Saints, and of the woodden Crosse; yea armes, legges, hands, feet, and fingers of Martyrs: whence is al this but from the diuell himselfe, who for the same purpose would haue reueiled where Moses bodie was buried by God? Yea so farre haue they gone on in this delusion, that they are become spectacles of follie to the whole world: for if Iohn Baptist had had so many heads as the Papists brag of, he had been a monster of men: besides▪ though the Crosse wheron Christ was crucified was no greater than as ordinarie man might beare; yet so many seuerall peeces thereof they pretend themselues to haue in seuerall places as would load a shippe. Ob. They say they had all those likes by reuelation