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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, we may not content our selves with a form and show of godliness, but stri•• to attain the power of it▪ or else let us never profess Christ, and please our selves only in such a profession: for whosoever is truly Christs, in him this power worketh mightily in subduing […], in striving against temptations, in stirring up zeal of Gods glory, and in a word in making men fruitful and abundant in all well doing• yea it can no more hide it self where it is, than can the Sun at noon day, but it will cause men to shine as lights in the middest of a froward generation: which […] and effects, if a man cannot find in himself, let him suspect himself that he is not as yet knit unto Christ, for then he would be by virtue of this power in some proportion conformable unto him.
Fourthly, wee may not content our selues with a forme and shew of godlines, but stri•• to attaine the power of it▪ or else let vs neuer professe Christ, and please our selues only in such a profession: for whosoeuer is truly Christs, in him this power worketh mightely in subduing 〈…〉, in striuing against temptations, in stirring vp zeale of Gods glorie, and in a word in making men fruitfull and abundant in all well doing• yea it can no more hide it selfe where it is, than can the Sunne at noone day, but it will cause men to shine as lights in the middest of a froward generation: which 〈…〉 and effects, if a man cannot finde in himself, let him suspect himselfe that he is not as yet knit vnto Christ, for then hee would bee by vertue of this power in some proportion conformable vnto him.
Fifthly, th• doctrine ministereth a stay and prop to our faith and hope, seeing that Christ ••th such a working power as this is, whereby he is able to make good, and accomplish whatsoever he hath promised concerning our saluaion thus he strengthened his Disciples,