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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 third reason is taken from the work of our redemption, in the words Our Saviour.] The which reason that we may rightly understand, four points are to be propounded. First, what kind of Saviour Christ is? Ans. He must be conceived, first a perfect Saviour, saving perfectly all that are saved. Heb. 7.25. He is able to save perfectly all that come unto him; yea he perfectly saveth by himself (and not by any other creature) whosoever attain to salvation, for this also is required unto his perfection: Rom. 3.25. Whom God hath set out to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood. Hebr. 1.3. By himself he hath ⟨p. 152⟩purged our sins. Where note an error in the Church of Rome▪ which teacheth that Christ did by his death merit, that we might by our own works merit salvation: but this is false, Christ saveth not man by man, or by any creature but by himself, yea he should not so be a Saviour, but an instrument, by whom we must save our selves. Secondly, hence we learn to acknowledge him an alone Saviour,1 without any fellow, partner or deputy: Acts 2. There is no other name under heaven given to save us, but the name of Christ; and if he have any partner, he is but half a Saviour. Hence we see that the Roman Religion, although in word it honour Christ, yet in deed it denieth him, in joining to Christs all-sufficient satisfaction, others satisfactions: and so likewise they join to his sacrifice upon the Cross, their sacrifices in their Mass; to his meritorious intercession, the intercession of the Virgin Mary and other Saints, and that not by way of request, but of the merit of their intercession. Thus they set up many Saviours in stead of this our perfect and alone Saviour.
The third reason is taken from the worke of our redemption, in the words Our Sauiour.] The which reason that we may rightly vnderstand, foure points are to be propounded. First, what kind of Sauiour Christ is? Ans. He must bee conceiued, first a perfect Sauiour, sauing perfectly all that are saued.