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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.
Lastly, here people are taught, not to 1be too sharp condemners of those ministers, whose conversations are not so unblameable as were to be wished: for as they live ill, generally the cause is, ⟨p. 94⟩because they live amongst an il people.
Lastly, here people are taught, not to 1be too sharpe condemners of those ministers, whose conuersations are not so vnblameable as were to be wished: for as they liue ill, generally the cause is, ⟨p. 94⟩because they liue amongst an il people.
- 13 People must not condemn too sharply such Ministers as are faulty in their lives▪ for themselves are the cause of it, being of evil lives themselves.3 People must not condemne too sharpely such Ministers as are faultie in their liues▪ for themselues are the cause of it, being of euill liues themselues.
Why then should they so much condemn them, for such faults, as wherein themselves have made them faulty? I say not, but our Church and state, and Ministry, are to censure such men, (and it were good they did it more) but it is against all reason the people should do so, whereas themselves are the cause of it: For alas, if this holy Prophet was a man of polluted lips, because he dwelt with a people of polluted lips: what marvel then, though ordinary Ministers be polluted with the common and universal pollutions of their people: People therefore, are first of all to see that themselves be well ordered and godly, and then justly may they complain, if the lives of their Ministers be not agreeable: but otherwise, it is not possible without very special grace of God, but that a minister shall be more or less touched With those crimes which are the common faults of his people. And lamentable experience daily lets us see,