A54381:546
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Men do offend against themselves, when they do extinguish the gifts of God, Matth. 25. 2. 26.
Natural Parents and Superiors are no otherwise to be obeyed, but in the Lord, Eph. 5. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 9.
Natural Parents and Superiours are no otherwise to be obeyed, but in the Lord, Eph. 5. 1. 1 Pet. 2. 9.
By Parents here is meant natural Parents, Magistrates, Ministers, Elders, and such as excel in gifts of God. To the four first of these, men do ordinarily give honour, and they receive it as their due, Joh. 5. 44. But Christians faithful men, and true believers, are by the command of Christ forbidden to call any man Father upon Earth, Matt. 23. 9. Or to esteem of themselves one greater then another, or to go about to take upon themselves any Authority, or Dominion one over another, Matth 18. 4. and 20. 25. 26.
By Parents here is meant natural Parents, Magistrates, Ministers, Elders, and such as excell in gifts of God. To the four first of these, men do ordinarily give honour, and they receive it as their due,