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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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But it will then be demanded, how may I know if God bid me go? for God 1speaks not now from heaven as in old time, and as to this Prophet: I answer, It is true, we are to look for no such visions, nor apparitions from heaven, for ordinarily 2there are none such, and the Popish Church doth but deceive themselves, and cozen the world, who tell us of so many apparitions that happen to their Monks and Fryers: for now ordinarily, God speaketh in another manner ⟨p. 179⟩to his Church: for in General duties God speaketh to us out of his word and holy Scriptures, and in particular 3and personal duties, (where the word in plain terms serveth not) he speaketh to a man by his own conscience, and by the voice of his Church.
But it will then be demaunded, how may I know if God bid me goe? for God 1speakes not now from heauen as in old time, and as to this Prophet: I answere, It is true, we are to looke for no such visiions, nor apparitions from heauen, for ordinarily 2there are none such, and the Popish Church doth but deceiue themselues, and cozen the world, who tell vs of so many apparitions that happen to their Monkes and Fryers: for now ordinarily, God speaketh in another maner ⟨p. 179⟩to his Church: for in Generall duties God speaketh to vs out of his word and holy Scriptures, and in particular 3and personall duties, (where the word in plaine termes serueth not) hee speaketh to a man by his owne conscience, and by the voice of his Church.
- 1Ob. how may I know if God bid me go?