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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. 14. And Enoch also the seventh from Adam prophesied of such, saying: Behold the Lord cometh with thousands of his Saints.
Vers. 14. And Enoch also the seuenth from Adam prophecied of such, saying: Behold the Lord commeth with thousands of his Saints.
The Apostle having in the latter part of the former verse repeated the conclusion of the reason, which is, that these seducers shall be destroyed, (the blackness of darkness being reserved for them) he confirmeth that conclusion by a worthy testimony of Enoch; who prophesied that the Lord would give judgement against all ungodly men: and therefore these ungodly men vers. 4. must needs be destroyed. In this testimony consider two things: first the preface before it: secondly, the testimony it self. In the preface he nameth the author; who was Enoch: and commendeth him in that he was the seventh from Adam. Here two questions are to be answered: first, whence had Jude this history, seeing it is no where recorded in the Scriptures? and how knew he it to be Enochs? I answer two ways: first, he either had it and learned it to be his by some tradition which went from hand to hand: (or else written ⟨p. 111⟩by some Jew) or secondly, he learned it out of some book which went under Enochs name: then extant in the days of the Apostles, though now lost: it is certain that one of these ways he had it.
THe Apostle hauing in the latter part of the former verse repeated the conclusion of the reason, which is, that these seducers shall be destroyed, (the blacknes of darknes being reserued for them) hee confirmeth that conclusion by a worthie testimonie of Enoch; who prophecied that the Lord would giue iudgement against all vngodlie men: and therefore these vngodly men vers. 4. must needes be destroyed. In this testimonie consider two things: first the preface before it: secondly, the testimonie it selfe. In the preface he nameth the author; who was Enoch: and commendeth him in that he was the seuenth from Adam. Here two questions are to bee answered: first, whence had Iude this historie, seeing it is no where recorded in the Scriptures? and how knew he it to be Enochs? I answere two waies: first, he either had it and learned it to bee his by some tradition which went from hand to hand: (or else written