A73023:277
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.
He must not only have a flock, and know which is his flock: or have a general 1•ye over it, out he must have a particular and […] knowledge of the state of it, •nd the more particular the better.
He must not onely haue a flocke, and knowe which is his flocke: or haue a generall 1•ye ouer it, out hee must haue a particular and 〈…〉 knowledge of the state of it, •nd the more particular the better.
- 1Pro. 2•. 23.
And if the Minister ought to know and confess his peoples sins, then if 1followeth, first, that it is best for a Minister to be present with his people, that so he may the better know them and their state: and certainly if it be a Ministers duty to confess to God the pollutions of his people, then wilful and careless Nonresidency and all absence, without just and conscionable causes, must needs be a foul & fearful sin. For how could Isaiah have confessed, that his people were a people of polluted lips, but that he dwelt amongst them. Nay, saith the Prophet, he dwelt ⟨p. 84⟩in the midst among them, indeed well may he know and confess his peoples pollutions, that dwells in the midst amongst them.2