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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 fourth rule is in Rom. 12.10. Be affectioned one towards another with brotherly love. How may that be done? Answ. In the next words, in giving honour go one before another, not in taking honour as our nature is; but in preferring others before our selves: and here we must not conceive of this honour as a mere ceremony, standing in some outward gesture; but it is a reverent opinion conceived inwardly in ⟨p. 137⟩the heart, whereby every man thinketh better of another than of himself, and accordingly yields him more honour. But some will say here, this is hard to do, to esteem of every man better than our selves, and how may we attain unto it? Ans. Whosoever judgeth this so hard a lesson, let him enter into the serious examination of his own heart, without partiality, let him look narrowly into himself, and he shall espy such a body of sin for measure and manner, as he cannot find in any man besides; so as in the true sense of his estate he can never abase any man so far as he can himself, whereby he shall come to judge every man worthy to be preferred and honoured before himself.
The fourth rule is in Rom. 12.10. Be affectioned one towards another with brotherly loue. How may that bee done? Answ. In the next words, in giuing honour goe one before another, not in taking honour as our nature is; but in preferring others before our selues: and here wee must not conceiue of this honor as a meere ceremonie, standing in some outward gesture; but it is a reuerent opinion conceiued inwardly in ⟨p. 137⟩the heart, whereby euery man thinketh better of another than of himselfe, and accordingly yeelds him more honour. But some will say here, this is hard to doe, to esteeme of euery man better than our selues, and how may we attaine vnto it? Ans. Whosoeuer iudgeth this so hard a lesson, let him enter into the serious examination of his owne heart, without partialitie, let him looke narrowly into himselfe, and hee shall espie such a bodie of sinne for measure and manner, as he cannot finde in any man besides; so as in the true sense of his estate he can neuer abase any man so farre as he can himselfe, whereby he shall come to iudge euery man worthie to bee preferred and honoured before himselfe.