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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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The fifth point is, how a man should preserve in him the love of God and of m•n? Ans. First, the means whereby man may preserve himself in the love of God is two-fold: first, every one must labour daily to have his heart settled in the sense of Gods love towards himself: for the more he shall feel Gods love confirmed unto him, the more shall his love be inflamed and increased towards God again; even as the more we feel the heat of the Sun, the warmer we are. Secondly, we must keep a daily observation of Gods blessings spiritual and temporal, which is a special means not only to confirm and augment our love, but preserve it constant to the end. Psalm. 18.1. I will love thee dearly, O Lord. Why what made David thus resolve himself? the reason is rendered in the next words; The Lord is my rock, my fortress, my strength, and he that delivereth me. Secondly, men must use the means whereby they may preserve their love to men; and these are of two sorts, for some stand in meditation, others in practise. The meditations are four. The first is the consideration of the spiritual and near conjunction of all those that are true believers, of which number we profess our selves all to be, who have all one Father, God: one Mother, the heavenly Jerusalem the Catholic Church; all begotten of the immortal seed, the word of God▪ all live by one faith in Christ, and all are heirs of eternal life and glory. This was Pauls motive persuading him hereto: Ephes. 4.3.4. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all: see Phil. 2.1.2. The second meditation is, that the duties of love which man showeth to man, especially the faithful, God accepteth as done to himself▪ so saith the Wiseman: He that giveth to the poor, l•ndeth unto the Lord. And Matth. 25. When I was hungry, ye fed me, &c. namely in my members upon earth. The third meditation is the consideration of that curse, which is due to them that neglect duties of love to man when occasion is offered: