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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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Further, in that these seducers are called [spots in these feasts] I note first that open offenders should be hindered and repelled from the Sacraments, being as spots in the face; which because they are blemishes, must be washed away: so ought these by the censure of excommunication to be (until their repentance) cut off from the face of the congregation. Secondly, that every one that professeth the faith is not a true member of the Catholic Church, as the Papists erroneously hold; that let a man be what he will, if he profess the faith, it is sufficient to make him a member of the Catholic Church. Whereas open offenders are to be accounted as spots, which no man will say are true parts of the body, but blemishes to be pared away, that their body may be the more perfect and entire.
Further, in that these seducers are called [spots in these feasts] I note first that open offenders should be hindred and repelled from the Sacraments, being as spots in the face; which because they are blemishes, must bee washed away: so ought these by the censure of excommunication to be (vntill their repentance) cut off from the face of the congregation. Secondly, that euery one that professeth the faith is not a true member of the Catholike Church, as the Papists erroneously hold; that let a man be what he will, if he professe the faith, it is sufficient to make him a member of the Catholique Church. Whereas open offenders are to be accounted as spottes, which no man will say are true parts of the bodie, but blemishes to bee pared away, that their bodie may be the more perfect and entire.
Feeding themselves without fear. 1] In feasting we are to preserve fear within our hearts, which is two-fold: first of God, secondly of man. The former is seen Exod. 18.12. The men of Israel feasted before the Lord. Job's fear was, lest his sons should cast this fear of God out of their hearts in their feasting, and so offend God. The latter is prescribed