A89503:1027
A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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3. This term [before spoken of] only showeth that he wrote late, when either the Apostles were dead, or their writings were common in the Church:
3. This term [before spoken of] only sheweth that he wrote late, when either the Apostles were dead, or their writings were common in the Church:
But why doth he quote the words of the Apostles, neither urging his own Authority, nor including himself as Peter doth: I Answer, partly out of modesty to point at the place whence he had taken these thing•, and to show that he was not ashamed to use and allege the writings of his fellow Apostles.
But why doth he quote the words of the Apostles, neither urging his own Authority, nor including himself as Peter doth: I Answer, partly out of modesty to point at the place whence he had taken these thing•, and to shew that he was not ashamed to use and alledge the writings of his fellow Apostles.
2. To declare their mutual consent: In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.