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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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Fourthly, when gentle means will not serve to reclaim men, it is the will of God that terrible means should be used, if by any means they may be pulled out of the fire: and thus the Lord used to deal with his own people of the Jews, proceeding with them according to that order in Rom. 2.4. first by patience by long suffering calling them to repentance: but when they hardened their hearts against these means, then he horded and treasured up wrath for them against the day of wrath. The same hath been his dealing with us in this land; for these forty years and more he hath hedged us in with peace and prosperity, together with the liberties of his glorious Gospel, still expecting our further fruitfulness, answerable to such means: but we become still more barren, & less fruitful; he hath often taken in hand his pruning knife, and lopped us by famine, pestilence, and other his judgements, and yet behold we abound with bitter fruits of blasphemies, injustice, profaneness, contempt of the Gospel, which was more embraced and esteemed of twenty years ago, than now it is in these days, which make no end of declining: that surely we cannot now but expect that the Lord should open upon us the treasures of his wrath, and his storehouses of judgements, unless we use means to prevent them, and that in due time. Some will ask, what be they? Ans. Remember two rules, first the counsel of Amos, chap. 4.12. Prepare to meet thy God O Israel. Means in this land are prepared to meet our Enemies, and it is well done:1 but we must first prepare to meet our God by unfeigned repentance, and forsaking of sin: for that is it which maketh the breaches of our land, & strengtheneth our enemies against us. Secondly, the practise of Jehoshaphat, 2. Chro. 20.12. We kn•w not what to do, but our eyes are towards thee O Lord. Depend upon him alone, and nothing besides him; make him thy hiding place in life and death, shroud thy self under the wing• of his protection, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers.
Fourthly, when gentle meanes will not serue to reclaime men, it is the will of God that terrible meanes should be vsed, if by any meanes they may bee pulled out of the fire: and thus the Lord vsed to deale with his owne people of the Iewes, proceeding with them according to that order in