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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.
AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE.
Zephaniah, Chap. 2. verse. 1. 2. Search your selves, even search you ô nation, not worthy to be beloved: before the Decree come forth, and you be as Chaff that passeth on a day.
Zophoniah, Chap. 2. verse. 1. 2. Search your selues, euensearch you ô nation, not worthy to be beloued: before the Decree come forth, and you be as Chaffe that passeth on a day.
The Prophet in the first Chapter of this prophecy, rebuketh the Jews of three notable crimes, Idolatry, fraud, and cruelty. In this second he exhorts them to repentance, and withal reproveth some of their special sins. In the three first verses he propoundeth the Doctrine of Repentance, ⟨p. 2⟩and addeth some special reasons to move and stir them up to the practise of it. In propounding the Doctrine of repentance, he directs it to two sorts of men. First to the obstinate and impenitent Jews in the first and second verses. Secondly, to the better sort of them, in the third. So that the sum and substance of these two first verses, is a brief and summary propounding of the doctrine of Repentance to the obstinate Jews. The words contain in them 5. several points, touching the doctrine of repentance.
THe Prophet in the first Chapter of this prophecy, rebuketh the Iewes of three notable crimes, Idolatry, fraud, and crueltie. In this second he exhorts them to repentance, and withall reproueth some of their speciall sinnes. In the three first verses he propoundeth the Doctrine of Repentance, ⟨p. 2⟩and addeth some speciall reasons to mooue and stirre them vp to the practise of it. In propounding the Doctrine of repentance, he directs it to two sorts of men. First to the obstinate and impenitent Iewes in the first and second verses. Secondly, to the better sort of them, in the third. So that the summe and substance of these two first verses, is a briefe and summarie propounding of the doctrine of Repentance to the obstinate Iewes. The wordes containe in them 5. seuerall points, touching the doctrine of repentance.