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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
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Isaiah. 6. 5. Then I said, woe is me, I am undone for I am a man of polluted lips, and dwell in the midst of a people of polluted lips: for my eyes have seen the king and Lord of hosts. 6. Then flew one of the Seraphims unto me, with a hot coal in his hand. 7. Which he took from the Altar with the tongues: and touched my mouth and said, Lo this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquity shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be purged. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I send, and who shall go for us? then said I, here am I, send me: and he said go.
Esay. 6. 5. Then I said, woe is me, I am vndone for I am a man of polluted lips, and dwell in the midst of a people of polluted lips: for my eyes haue seene the king and Lord of hostes. 6. Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me, with a hote coale in his hand. 7. Which he tooke from the Altar with the tonges: and touched my mouth and said, Loe this hath touched thy lips, and thy iniquitie shall be taken away, and thy sin shall be purged. 8. Also I heard the voyce of the Lorde, saying, whom shall I send, and who shall goe for vs? then said I, here am I, send me: and he said goe.
IN the five former Chapters are contained such Sermons, as the Prophet had made under Uzziah king of Judah: At this Chapter begin such as he preached in the reign of Jotham, ⟨p. 58⟩and so forward: But before he either 1preach or prophesy of any thing, in King Jotham's days, or his successors, the Lord in this Chapter gives a new commission to the Prophet, & a new 2confirmation to this Calling: the old king in whose days Esayah was first called being now dead, & another succeeding him, God with the new king, reneweth the calling & commission of the Prophet: wherein God doth not give him another calling, for one calling to the office of the ministry is sufficient: but he confirmeth the calling formerly given, by repeating & ratifying it. And this God did to Isaiah, not as he was an ordinary, but an extraordinary prophet: for ordinary Ministers need no renovation of their calling, nor any new signs of confirmation, but extraordinary prophets, who come in extraordinary manner, & to do many extraordinary works, God in his wisdom will have their calling confirmed, again, & again, & that by very extraordinary means. Out of which practise of the Lord, we learn, how great cause we