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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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3. Use. Hence we must learn to adore and reverence the judgements and works of God, howsoever they seem unto us, and may be harsh in our shallow reason; for he is glory it self, Majesty it self, power it self, and he worketh that for his own glory which we cannot comprehend. If God therefore love Jacob, and hate Esau, for nothing seen in themselves, but because he will so do, which might seem to the eye of flesh a thing unjust and partial, let us stop our mouths at this most righteous judgement of God; for he is all power and dominion, having sovereignty and absolute Lordship over all his creatures, to make some vessels of honour, and some of dishonour; some of mercy, and some of wrath, all men being as the clay in the hand of the Potter: & therefore the Apostle Rom. 9. so soon as he had propounded this famous and memorial example, to shut the mouths of men, which otherwise would have been opened against this just and incomprehensible proceeding of God, he brought them presently to the consideration of the power and sovereignty of God, vers. 17.19. We our selves think it no injustice to kill the creatures, because God hath given us a Lordship ⟨p. 156⟩and dominion over them; and shall we deny it to be just in God to destroy likewise his creature, over which he hath infinitely more sovereignty than man hath over them?
3. Vse. Hence wee must learne to adore and reuerēce the iudgements and workes of God, howsoeuer they seeme vnto vs, and may bee harsh in our shallow reason; for he is glorie it selfe, Maiestie it selfe, power it selfe, and he worketh that for his owne glorie which we cannot comprehend. If God therefore loue Iacob, and hate Esau, for nothing seene in themselues, but because he will so doe, which might seeme to the eye of flesh a thing vniust and partiall, let vs stop our mouthes at this most righteous iudgement of God; for he is all power and dominion, hauing soueraigntie and absolute Lordship ouer al his creatures, to make some vessels of honour, and some of dishonour; some of mercie, and some of wrath, all men being as the clay in the hand of the Potter: & therefore the Apostle Rom. 9. so soone as hee had propounded this famous and memoriall example, to shut the mouthes of men, which otherwise would haue been opened against this iust and incomprehensible proceeding of God, he brought them presently to the consideration of the power and soueraigntie of God, vers. 17.19. We our selues think it no iniustice to kill the creatures, because God hath giuen vs a Lordship