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Of the calling of the ministry two treatises, describing the duties and dignities of…Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of…
Of the calling of the ministry two treatises, describing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publicly in the University of Cambridge, by Master Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Master Perkins his works, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected.Of the calling of the ministerie two treatises, discribing the duties and dignities of that calling. Delivered publickly in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge, by Maister Perkins. Taken then from his mouth, and now dilligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word with a preface prefixed touching the publishing of Maister Perkins his workes, & a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to bee expected.
London: printed by I. Roberts for William Welby, 1605
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2. Inasmuch as gods presence, is so glorious ⟨p. 60⟩in it self, & fearful to our nature, all men are taught to prepare themselves by holy prayer,1 by humiliation, and confession of their sins and unworthiness, afore they come to Gods word or sacraments: for they come at that time into Gods presence: they therefore are not to come in their security, nor in their ordinary sins unrepented of, least God strike their consciences, with a sense of his fearful displeasure: and make them cry out, upon far greater cause, then here the Prophet did.
2. Inasmuch as gods presēce, is so glorious ⟨p. 60⟩in it self, & feareful to our nature, al men are taught to prepare themselues by holy prayer,1 by humiliation, and confession of their sinnes and vnworthinesse, afore they come to Gods word or sacraments: for they come at that time into Gods presence: they therefore are not to come in their securitie, nor in their ordinary sins vnrepented of, least God strike their consciences, with a sence of his fearefull displeasure: and make them cry out, vpon farre greater cause, then here the Prophet did.
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1Thirdly and lastly, we learn here the different natures and properties of sin and holiness: Sin, even the least sin, nay a very sinfulness of nature makes a man afraid of Gods presence: That sin unrepented of doth so, appears in Adam, who as in his integrity, he spoke and conversed even in a familiar sort with God: so no sooner had he sinned but he ran from God, and hid himself: and that even the least sins not repented of, do so also, appears in this Prophet, who being a holy man,