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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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Thirdly, we may here learn, the pitiful 1case of those ministers, who are so presumptuous, as to exercise that holy function, & yet remain […] their sins without repentance: what do these men? they approach to the burning Bush, with their shoes on their feet: that is, into Gods presence in their sins: what ⟨p. 106⟩shall come of it in the end? surely, that burning fire shall consume them: the least sin, & smallest negligences affrighted this holy Prophet, when he should go into Gods presence: But these men 2dare come into the Sanctuary of God; yea, dare take Gods word in their mouth's, and yet hate to be reformed, and do cast the glorious Word of God behind their backs, which they preach to others with their mouths: these men may wonder at this holy Prophets niceness, or else all the world may wonder at their profaneness. A little pollution of his lips, feared him to come into Gods presence: but these dare do it, with eyes, ears, lips, feet, hands, hart; and all polluted: their eyes polluted, with careless looking at all vanities: their ears with hearing: and their lips with speaking, wanton & wicked talk: their feet, with running into wicked company: their hands, with practicing and their harts, with devising and consenting 3to all wickedness.
Thirdly, we may here learne, the pittifull 1case of those ministers, who are so presumptuous, as to exercise that holy function, & yet remain 〈…〉 their sinnes without repentance: what doe these men? they approach to the burning Bush, with their shooes on their feete: that is, into Gods presence in their sinnes: what ⟨p. 106⟩shall come of it in the end? surely, that burning fire shal consume thē: the least sinne, & smallest negligences affrighted this holy Prophet, when he should goe into Gods presence: But these men 2