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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.
For the better opening of this third rule, and the manifesting of the truth: let us know further, that the curse of God, under the which we are all borne, is three-fold.
For the better opening of this third rule, and the manifesting of the truth: let vs know further, that the curse of God, vnder the which we are all borne, is three-fould.
The first, is a bondage under Satan: It is a certain truth that every man as he is borne of his Parents, and till he repent, is a slave of Satan: man or woman, high or low, Satan is his Lord ⟨p. 36⟩and Master. He sits as judge in his heart; and in this sense Satan is the King of the Nations, and God of the world. Men will in words defy Satan, and not name him without defiance, and spit at him; and yet (alas,) he is in their hearts: they spit him out of their mouths, but he is lower; they should also spit him out of their hearts, and that is true defiance indeed: for alas, he lodgeth in thy heart, and there he makes his Throne, and reigns until the spirit of regeneration dispossess him: and till then, no servant is so subject to his master, no slave to his Lord, as is the heart of man by nature unto Satan, the prince of darkness. Nay, our bondage, is more fearful, then the slavery of any poor Christian, in the Spaniards, or in the Turks Galleys: for their bodies are but in bondage, and at command, and under punishment: but our best part, our heart, our conscience, our soul it self is captivated unto him, and under his command, ⟨p. 37⟩who is the King of cruelty, and confusion, and Lord of Hell, whose commandments are Injustice, whose service is sin, and whose hire is damnation.
The first, is a bondage vnder Sathan: It is a certaine truth that euery man as he is borne of his Parents, and till hee repent, is a slaue of Sathan: man or woman, high or low, Sathan is his Lord ⟨p. 36⟩