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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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2. Inasmuch as gods presence, is so glorious 1in it self, and fearful to our nature, all men are taught to prepare themselves by holy prayer, by humiliation, and confession of their sins and unworthiness, afore they come to Gods word or sacraments: for they come at that time into Gods presence: they therefore are not to come in their security, nor in their ordinary sins unrepented of, least God strike their consciences, with a sense of his fearful displeasure: & make them cry out, upon far greater cause, then here the Prophet did.
2. Inasmuch as gods presence, is so glorious 1in it self, and fearefull to our nature, al men are taught to prepare themselues by holy prayer, by humisiation, and confession of their sinnes and vnworthinesse, afore they come to Gods word or sacraments: for they come at that time into Gods presence: they therefore are not to come in their securitie, nor in their ordinarie sinnes vnrepented of, least God strike their consciences, with a sence of his fearefull displeasure: & make them cry out, vpon farre greater cause, then here the Propet did.
- 12. Use. Ergo, they must prepare thē. selves before they come to the word or Sacraments.2. Vse. Ergo, they must prepare thē. selues before they come to the word or Sacraments.
Thirdly and lastly, we learn here the different natures and properties of 1sin and holiness: Sin, even the least sin: nay, a very sinfulness of nature makes a man afraid of Gods presence: That sin unrepented of doth so, appears in Adam, who as in his integrity, he spoke & conversed even in a familiar sort with God: so no sooner ⟨p. 117⟩