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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.
And as for such men as painfully do 1their service, but are not regarded, nor rewarded of men as they deserve, let them be content & continue in their ⟨p. 166⟩faithfulness, for they are Gods Ambassadors: & we know Ambassadors may have gifts given them, of those to whom they are sent: but they expect their maintenance from the kings their own Masters: So the maintenance which the world should give Ministers, is like gifts given to Ambassadors: if it come, it is no more then they deserve. If it come not, yet will faithful Ministers do their duty, and expect their payment from their king and Master God, whose they are, and whom they serve.
And as for such men as painfully do 1their seruice, but are not regarded, nor rewarded of men as they deserue, let them bee content & continue in their ⟨p. 166⟩faithfulnesse, for they are Gods Embassadors: & we know Embassadors may haue gifts giuen them, of those to whom they are sent: but they expect their maintenance from the kings their owne Maisters: So the maintenance which the world should giue Ministers, is like gifts giuen to Embassadors: if it come, it is no more then they deserue. If it come not, yet will faithfull Ministers doe their dutie, and expect their payment from their king and Maister God, whose they are, and whom they serue.
- 1Though the world do not, yet God will, for they are his Ambassadors.Though the world doe not, yet God will, for they are his Ambassadors.
Thirdly, if they be Gods Ambassadors, 1