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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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Verse 18: Vers. 18. How that they told you that there should be mockers in the last time, which s…
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Use. This teacheth us to detest the Popish error, which teacheth us that inordinate lusts be no sins, if consent of will be not added: but that is false: for if they be conceived in the mind, they are the sins of the mind, condemned in the tenth commandment. Ob. But they say, there can be no sin properly produced without consent of will. Ans. In civill matters the reason is good, that none can be accessory unto sin, unless consent of will be added: but in divine matters and in the Court of Conscience it is far otherwise.
Vse. This teacheth vs to detest the Popish error, which teacheth vs that inordinate lusts be no sinnes, if consent of will be not added: but that is false: for if they bee conceiued in the minde, they are the sinnes of the minde, condemned in the tenth commandement. Ob. But they say, there can be no sinne properly produced without consent of will. Ans. In ciuill matters the reason is good, that none can be accessarie vnto sinne, vnlesse consent of will be added: but in diuine matters and in the Court of Conscience it is farre otherwise.
Secondly, in the lusts note the property of them, in these words: Which walk after; their property is to reign in men, and to cause men to give attendance upon them: yea and to walk after them. Where they are not resisted and repressed, they make that man a vassal and slave unto them. Rom. 6. Let not sin reign in your mortal body, to obey the lusts of it. Where the Apostle insinuateth so much that they force and compel men to the obedience of them: the whole order and course of which regiment is lively described, Jam. 1.14.15. by five degrees: first, lust tempteth, and that two ways: first, by withdrawing the heart from God: secondly, by enticing, and entangling the mind with some delight of sin. Secondly, lust conceiveth, when it causeth the will to consent, and resolve upon the wickedness thought upon. Thirdly, it bringeth ⟨p. 123⟩forth when it forceth a man to put in execution the things consented unto and resolved upon. Fourthly, it perfecteth the birth of sin, urging a man to add sin unto sin, until he come to a custom, which is a ripeness and perfection in sinning. Fifthly, it bringeth forth death, that is, everlasting vengeance and destruction: in all which he alludeth unto the beginnings, proceedings and end of a man; who after he is past his full strength, decayeth again and dieth: by these degrees the lusts of the heart rise unto this reign and regiment in the heart of every wicked and natural man, where grace overcometh not nature.