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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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3. Doct. Thirdly, note what these seducers are blamed for, namely for two things: first, for making choice of Cains way: secondly, for walking and going on forward in it; which is a property of the wicked. It is true that the child of God by the frailty of the flesh may slip into Cain's way, as David did in slaying Uriah; but he doth not stand, go on, and keep a course in that way, as the wicked do, being branded to be such, as stand in the way of sinners, Psal. 1. We on the contrary must preserve a care to recover our selves out of the way of Cain, if at any time we shall be misled into it: that if we cannot keep from all sin, yet we may be kept from a course and trade in sinning. Let this Christian care preserve our paths in the ways of God, and return us unto the obedience of his will, when through many weaknesses and slips we often are turned aside: and the rather because Cain's and attendeth Cain's whole course; who was haunted with an evil ⟨p. 94⟩and accusing conscience, whose sin lay at the door as a wild beast ready to tear him, and pull out the throat of his soul: besides that he was accursedly cast from the presence and face of God; that howsoever he was a Prince and mighty amongst men, yet he was a vagabond and runagate on the face of the earth: which curses let them not look to avoid whosoever will follow his way, no more than Cain himself could.
3. Doct. Thirdly, note what these seducers are blamed for, namely for two things: first, for making choise of Cains way: secondly, for walking and going on forward in it; which is a propertie of the wicked. It is true that the childe of God by the frailtie of the flesh may slip into Caines way, as Dauid did in slaying Vriah; but hee doth not stand, goe on, and keepe a course in that way, as the wicked doe, being branded to be such, as stand in the way of sinners, Psal. 1. We on the contrarie must preserue a care to recouer our selues out of the way of Caine, if at any time we shall be misled into it: that if we cannot keepe from al sinne, yet we may be kept from a course and trade in sinning. Let this Christian care preserue our paths in the waies of God, and returne vs vnto the obedience of his will, when through many weaknesses and slips we often are turned aside: and the rather because Caines and attendeth Caines whole course; who was haunted with an euill