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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.
A good Minister is one of 1000. If therefore 1they would have the number increased, let them maintain the Seminaries. And again, if Antichrist to uphold his kingdom, the Kingdom of Satan, be so careful herein, to erect Colleges, and endow them with living, to be Seminaries for his Synagogue, and use so great means to sow his tares in the hearts of young men, that so they may sow them in the hearts of the people abroad: shall not Christian princes be as careful, or rather much more zealous, for the ⟨p. 24⟩increasing of the number of godly Ministers? 2shall Baal have his 4. hundred prophets, and God have his Elijah alone? great shame must it be to Ahab, or to any king, whose kingdom is in that estate.
A good Minister is one of 1000. If therfore 1they would haue the number increased, let them maintaine the Seminaries. And againe, if Antichrist to vphold his kingdome, the Kingdome of Sathan, bee so carefull herein, to erect Colledges, and indowe them with liuing, to bee Seminaries for his Synagogue, and vse so great meanes to sowe his tares in the hearts of young men, that so they may sowe them in the hearts of the people abroad: shall not Christian princes bee as carefull, or rather much more zealous, for the ⟨p. 24⟩increasing of the number of godly Ministers? 2shall Baal haue his 4. hundred prophets, and God haue his Elias alone? great shame must it bee to Ahab, or to any king, whose kingdome is in that estate.
- 1The rather, because the Pope doth so to uphold his superstition. At Rome Reimes Douai.The rather, because the Pope doth so to vphold his superstition. At Rome Reimes Doway.
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