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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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Vers. 12. These are spots in your feasts of love, when they feast with you, without all fear feeding themselves.
Vers. 12. These are spots in your feasts of loue, when they feast with you, without all feare feeding themselues.
IN these words the Apostle setteth down the seventh sin of these seducers: to know the meaning whereof the better, consider four things: first, what is meant by feasts of love and charity. Ans. In the Primitive Church it was a custom and manner to have a feast before the Lords Supper, made by the Communicants; unto which some brought honey, some bread, some wine, some milk, and every one according to their ability contributing something thereunto. These were here meant and called Love-feasts, because they were herein to testify their mutual love among themselves; as also to the poor, who hereby were relieved; and to the Ministry it self, which was by these feasts partly sustained. Secondly, what is meant where these seducers are called spots in these feasts, or rocks; for the word signifieth either, and more properly the latter; they are rocks, because as rocks are perceived a far off by the seafaring men: even so the infection of these wicked men spreads it self very far: and again, as rocks are dangerous and troublesome to them; so are these as rocks and stumbling blocks to the weak, hindering them from the profitable progress in godliness: they are also rightly called spots, because as a spot defaceth the countenance; so their presence is an eye sore & a disgrace unto these Love-feasts. The third thing is the cause why they are thus called: that is, because in these Love-feasts they feed themselves: for laying aside all care of the poor, & of the Ministry, for whose sake this contribution was made, they pampered and fed themselves, riotously wasting the goods of the Church. The fourth is the cause of this their riot [without fear] that is, because they have cast off the fear of God and man. In these words therefore the Apostle chargeth these false teachers not only with intemperance in general, but also with a special kind of riot in misspending and ⟨p. 101⟩wasting the contribution pertaining to the poor's maintenance, and the sustaining of the Ministry.