A89503:983
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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The next part of their Character is [walking after their own lusts,] This is fitly subjoined to the former; for lusts make men froward and hard to be pleased; and the persons here described were exact Libertines, making their lusts their rule and their law; yea, the most brutish of all lusts, the lusts of the flesh; and therefore in Peter 'tis 2 Pet. 2. 10. That walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness; how portentous they were for impurities in this kind, we told you before; their [walking after their lusts] implieth their giving up themselves to such a course, contrary to all fear of God, care of Laws, or restraint of nature.
The next part of their Character is [walking after their own lusts,] This is fitly subjoined to the former; for lusts make men froward and hard to be pleased; and the persons here described were exact Libertines, making their lusts their rule and their law; yea, the most bruitish of all lusts, the lusts of the flesh; and therefore in Peter 'tis 2 Pet. 2. 10. That walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness; how portentous they were for impurities in this kind, we told you before; their [walking after their lusts] implyeth their giving up themselves to such a course, contrary to all fear of God, care of Laws, or restraint of nature.
The Point is, That 'tis an Argument of ungodliness when men walk after their own lusts: The Apostle applying the Prophecy of Enoch against ungodly men, bringeth this as a part of the charge, that they walk after their own lusts: I shall enquire
The Point is, That 'tis an Argument of ungodliness when men walk after their own lusts: The Apostle appling the Prophesie of Enoch against ungodly men, bringeth this as a part of the charge, that they walk after their own lusts: I shall enquire