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A godly and learned exposition or commentary upon the three first chapters of the…A godly and learned exposition or commentarie vpon the three first chapters of the…
A godly and learned exposition or commentary upon the three first chapters of the Revelation. Preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine, master William Perkins, Ann. Dom. 1595. First published for the benefit of Gods Church, by Robert Hill, Bachelor of DivinityA godly and learned exposition or commentarie vpon the three first chapters of the Reuelation. Preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and judicious diuine, maister William Perkins, Ann. Dom. 1595. First published for the benefit of Gods Church, by Robert Hill, Bachelor of Diuinitie
London: printed by Adam Islip for Cuthbert Burbie, 1606
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
II. point; The kinds of zeal. Zeal. is either good or bad: In good zeal are these things required. I. True faith, as the root thereof; 1. Tim. 1. vers. 5. The end of the commandment is love […] of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned; Now, one apart of zeal is love; and therefore […] proceed• from true faith, so must true zeal […] and that which is not grounded on faith▪ is rather rashness and fierceness of nature, than true zeal. II. Repentance; 2. Cor. 7.11, There are seven […] of repentance recited, whereof zeal is one, that is good zeal: Even a burning love of true Religion, and a godly indignation when false religion is embraced. There may be zeal in a man that hath no repentance; as was in Jehu, 2. King. 10.16. Come with me, (saith he) and see the zeal that I have for the Lord. Yet he wanted repentance, for Vers. 29.31, It is said, Jehu regarded not to walk in the Law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin: and therefore he had not in him the true zeal that is here commanded. III. Zeal must come from knowledge: for without knowledge it is but rashness and bold-hardiness, such as the Jews had, Rom. 10.2. whose Zeal was without knowledge. And such as Paul had before his conversion, Phil. 3. vers. 6. In Zeal he persecuted Gods Church: Knowledge therefore in Gods word, must be the guide and conductor of our zeal.
II. point; The kinds of zeale. Zeale. is either good or bad: In good zeale are these things required. I. True faith, as the roote thereof; 1. Tim. 1. vers. 5. The end of the commandement is loue 〈…〉 of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith vnfained; Now, one apart of zeale is loue; and therefore 〈…〉 proceed from true faith, so must true zeale and that which is not grounded on faith is rather rashnesse and fiercenesse of nature, than true zeale. II. Repentance;