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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.
This is no small honour to ministers, and to their Ministry, that God himself gives a blessing unto it, & worketh when they work, and as it were stayeth waiting, when they declare unto a man his righteousness, and then hath he mercy on him: so powerful and so effectual is the word spoken by a minister of God. This is that 1which Christ avoucheth, Whatsoever you loose in earth, shall be loosed in heaven. Will 2you know the meaning hereof? Read Saint John, whose sins soever you remit, they are remitted; whose you retain, they are 3retained: will you have the meaning of both? read Isaiah, God destroyeth the tokens of Soothsayers, and makes Wizards and Astrologers fools, turneth worldly wise men backward and makes their knowledge foolishness: but he confirmeth the word of his servants, and performeth the counsel of his messengers, Thus God bindeth and looseth with them, remitteth and retaineth with them, by confirming their word and performing their counsel: For example.
This is no small honour to ministers, and to their Ministerie, that God himselfe giues a blessing vnto it, & worketh when they work, and as it were staieth wayting, when they declare vnto a man his righteousnesse, and then hath he mercy on him: so powerfull and so effectuall is the worde spoken by a minister of God. This is that 1which Christ auoucheth, Whatsoeuer you loose in earth, shall be loosed in heauen. Will 2you knowe the meaning hereof? Reade Saint Iohn, whose sinnes soeuer you remit, they are remitted; whose you retaine, they are 3retained: will you haue the meaning of both? read Esay, God destroyeth the tokens of Soothsayers, and makes Wisards and Astrologers fooles, turneth worldly wisemen backward and makes their knowledge foolishnesse: but hee confirmeth the word of his seruants, and performeth the counsel of his messengers, Thus God bindeth and looseth with them, remitteth and retaineth with them, by confirming their word and performing their counsell: For example.