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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.
III. point; The fruits of zeal must be considered for the better discerning of true zeal. First, true zeal constraineth a man in every thing to seek to please God: 1Whether we be out of […] ⟨p. 213⟩wits, we are it unto God: or whether we be in our right mind, we are it unto you. For the love of Christ constraineth us. So wheresoever this true zeal is in any measure, it offereth violence to the heart; so as a man cannot but endeavour to do his duty, for the love he beareth unto Christ. Elihu said; The grace of God was in his heart as new wine in a vessel, which must needs vent out, Job. 32.18.19. Secondly, true zeal makes a man endeavour to serve and please God with all his heart, power, and strength. So good king Josiah, hearing the words of the Law read, he turned not slackly or negligently, but 2with all his heart, and all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses: so as like him was no King before, neither after him arose there any like him. Psal. 51, David humbling himself for his sins, prays for the pardon of them with such marvellous zeal, as no tongue can utter: desiring God to remember him according to the multitude of his mercies: often repeating the same thing in divers terms, that in some sort he might express the earnest desire of his heart: And in giving God thanks for his benefits, he putteth all the strength of his heart thereto, crying out; My soul praise thou the Lord, and all that is within me. Psa. 103.1. And thus we see what a thing it is to be zealous; whence true zeal ariseth, and what it worketh in mans heart.
III. point; The fruites of zeale must be considered for the better discerning of true zeale. First, true zeale constraineth a man in euery thing to seeke to please God: 1Whether we be out of 〈…〉