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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.
1Seeing sundry graces of God may be lost, and the most necessary graces greatly decay, yea of themselves quite die: we that have received from God any grace, either of faith or repentance, are hereby taught not to be presumptuous, or over confident in our selves, but with fear and trembling work out our salvation. Phillip. 2.13.
1Seing sundry graces of God may be lost, and the most necessary graces greatly decay, yea of themselues quite die: wee that haue receiued from God any grace, either of faith or repentance, are hereby taught not to bee presumptuous, or ouer confident in our selus, but with feare and trembling worke out our saluation. Phillip. 2.13.
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The reason to enforce the former remedy is this: For I have not found thy works perfect before God: and therefore watch, and confirm the decayed graces of God that be in thee. In this reason, Christ giveth them & us to understand, that he maketh a search in his church of all the works that men do in the same, that he may accordingly reward them; for not finding, doth presuppose a search. And so the scripture speaketh of God usually. Before the old world was destroyed, it is said; The bLord saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, as if he had looked from heaven upon the earth, and beheld that it was corrupt, speaking after the manner of men, to signify that search which he maketh into mens actions. And so he is said to come down from heaven, at the building of Babel, Gen. 11. and before he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, cHe came down to see whether they had done according to that cry, which was come up to him: and so before the Lord punished the wickedness of the Israelites,