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M. Perkins, his Exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah preached in 2. sermons in…
M. Perkins, his Exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah preached in 2. sermons in Stourbridge Fair. Together with two treatises of the duties and dignity of the ministry: delivered publicly in the University of Cambridge. With a preface prefixed touching the publishing of all such works of his as are to be expected: with a catalogue of all the particulars [sic] of them, diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word.M. Perkins, his Exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah preached in 2. sermons in Sturbridge Faire. Together with two treatises of the duties and dignitie of the ministrie: deliuered publiquely in the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. With a preface præfixed touching the publishing of all such workes of his as are to be expected: with a catalogue of all the perticulers [sic] of them, diligently perused and published, by a preacher of the word.
London: printed by T. Creede for William Welby, 1605
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.
Thus was it threatened to the Jews, and thus it is performed: and certainly thus hath it been threatened, & thus shall it be performed to thee, O England, except thou prevent the judgements that are coming: O happy England, that I may say to thee, it is yet but coming. For as for the miserable Jews: upon them (alas) it is come already: to those poor souls it can be said no more, Repent before the Decree come forth: for it is now past: but thou art happy, for thy day is not yet come: yet I may say to thee: Repent before the Decree come forth: and O happy England, that thou mayest hear this word: (Before) sounding in thine ears. Therefore my beloved brethren, who are hear assembled out (almost) of every corner of this kingdom, hear my words: and carry them home with you into all countries. God is the same God still, as just, and ⟨p. 77⟩as jealous, as ever he was: our sins are as ill, nay, much viler then the Jews were: how can it be then, but that must fall to us that fell to them? therefore the zeal of Gods glory, and my desire of your salvations, make me, that I dare not flatter: but tell you the truth: that is, that out of all question, if we search not our selves & repent, there is a general judgement in preparing for us: certainly the Decree is out, and what can stop the execution of it, but Repentance: God hath long spared, and he hath been long in travelling, therefore (though nothing can be said in way of prophecy) I am in my conscience persuaded to fear, and that out of infallible grounds of the word of God, that a plague, and a judgement, and that most fearful, hangs over England: & that it is already pronounced upon this Nation, and shall be as certainly executed, without a visible reformation: and because I may seem to speak somewhat at large, give me leave to give you the reasons inducing me ⟨p. 78⟩hereunto.
Thus was it threatned to the Iewes, and thus it is performed: and certainly thus hath it beene threatned, & thus shall it be performed to thee, O England, except thou preuent the iudgements that are comming: O happy England, that I may say to thee, it is yet but comming. For as for the miserable Iewes: vpon them (alas) it is come already: to those poore soules it can bee said no more, Repent before the Decree come forth: for it is now past: but thou art happie, for thy day is not yet come: yet I may say to thee: Repent before the Decree come forth: and O happie England, that thou mayest heare this worde: (Before) sounding in thine eares. Therefore my beloued brethren, who are heare assembled out (almost) of euery corner of this kingdom, heare my words: and carry them home with you into al countries. God is the same God still, as iust, and