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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, let us observe how the Lord saith: Who shall (I) send? & who shall go for (us)? Some Interpreters gather out of this Chapter, an Argument for the trinity of persons; as namely, out of the 3. Verse, where the Angels sing; Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God, &c. But it is not sound enough to overthrow our stubborn enemies the Jews and therefore ⟨p. 162⟩it seems those Divines are of a sounder and wiser judgement: who seeing we have other places pregnant and plain enough, therefore think it no good discretion to urge this or any such place which may probably admit another Interpretation, least that the Jews finding the weakness of the Argument, do judge all our proofs to be as weak, and so take occasion to persist the rather in their blindness, by that which we brought to have converted them. And as for that song of the angels in the third Verse, where they ascribe holiness to 1the Lord 3. times: that thei• repetition signifieth nothing else, but the continual joy and delight which the holy Angels take in praising of God, who cannot satisfy themselves in honouring his name: teaching us in their example, never to be weary of praising God by prayers and holy hymns, and of honouring him in our lives and callings.
Thirdly, let vs obserue how the Lord saith: Who shal (I) send? & who shal goe for (vs)? Some Interpreters gather out of this Chapter, an Argument for the trinitie of persons; as namely, out of the 3. Verse, where the Angels sing; Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God, &c. But it is not sound enough to ouerthrowe our stubborne enemies the Iewes and therfore ⟨p. 162⟩it seemes those Diuines are of a sounder and wiser iudgement: who seeing we haue other places pregnant and plaine enough, therefore thinke it no good discretiō to vrge this or any such place which may probably admit another Interpretation, least that the Iewes finding the weaknes of the Argument, doe iudge al our proofes to be as weak, and so take occasion to persist the rather in their blindnesse, by that which wee brought to haue conuerted them. And as for that song of the angels in the third Verse, where they ascribe holinesse to 1