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A09417	A faithfull and plaine exposition vpon the 2. chapter of Zephaniah by that reuerend and iudicious diuine, M.W. Perkins. Containing a powerful exhortation to repentance: as also the manner hovve men in repentance are to search themselues. Published by a preacher of the vvord. With a preface prefixed, touching the publishing of M. Perkins his vvorks. And a catalogue of all such particulars thereof, as are to be expected.; M. Perkins, his exhortation to repentance, out of Zephaniah. Selections	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.	1609 (1609)	STC 19708; ESTC S105944	42,578	198

some for women but repentance is for all without which it may bee saide of all and euery one of age not one excepted No Repentance no saluation These Sermons being in my hands and not deliuered to mee from hand to hand but takē with this hand of mine from his own mouth were thought worthy for the excellēcie and fit for the generalitie of the matter to bee offered to the publique view I haue also other works of his in my hands of which being many I confesse my selfe to be but the keeper for the time taking my selfe bound to keepe thē safely to the benefite of Gods church of whose treasure vpon earth I make no question but they are a part and I hartily desire you my good friendes and all other faithful Christians to solicite the Lord in praier for me that I may faithfully discharge my selfe of that great charge which in this respect lieth vpō me that his grace blessing may be on me and all others who are to bee imployed in this seruice wherein had the Lord so pleased wee coulde heartily haue wished neuer to haue bene imployed but that his life might haue eased vs of the labour and that as I begin with this so I or some other better able which I rather desire may goe forward vndertaking the weight of this great burthen and not faint till he haue made a faithfull account to the Church of God of all the Iewels deliuered to our trust And nowe these first fruites of my labours in another mans vine yard as also all that hereafter do or may follow I humbly consecrate to the blessed spouse of Christ Iesus the holy Church of God on earth and namely to the Church of England our beloued mother who may reioyce that shee was the mother of such a son who in fewe yeares did so much good to the publique cause of religion as the wickednesse of many yeares shall not bee able to weare out But first of all and especially I present the same vnto you my very worshipfull and Christian friendes who I must needes say are very worthy of it in many respects 1. For the matter it selfe which is repentance my selfe being able to testifie that you are not hearers but dooers rise in knowledge and rise in the practice of Repentance insomuch as I dare from the testimonie of my conscience and in the word of a Minister pronoūce of you that as you haue heard and knowne this doctrine of repentance so blessed are you for you doe it And 2. for him who was the author hereof whose mouth spake it from the feeling of his soule and whose soule is now bound vp in the bundle of life I know cannot in good conscience conceale the great delight you haue alwaies had in the reading of his books the reuerend opinion you had of him liuing how heauily and passionately you took his death departure therefore to cheare you vp in want of him I send you here this little booke his own child begotten in his life time but borne after his death obserue it well and you shall finde it not vnlike the father yea you shall discerne in it the fathers spirit and it doubts not but to finde entertainment with them of whom the father was so well respected And for my selfe I spare to rehearse what interest you haue in me and all my labours it is no more then you worthily deserue and shall haue in me for euer you are the fairest flowers in this garden which in this place I after others haue planted for the Lord or rather God by vs And two principall pearls in that Crowne which I hope for at the last day from the Lord my God whose word at my mouth you haue receiued with much reuerence and with such profit as if I had the like successe of my labours in others I should then neuer haue cause to say with the Prophet I haue laboured in vaine spent my strength in vaine but my iudgement is with the Lord and my worke with my God And if I knew you not to bee such as take more delight in doing well then in hearing of it I would prooue at large what I haue spoken of you yet giue me leaue to say that which without open wrong I may not conceale that beside your care knowledge and godly zeale to religion and other duties of the first table to God himselfe your charitie and pietie to the needie distressed Christians at home and abroad your mercifull dealing with them who are in your power your beneuolence to learning and namely to some in the Vniuersitie do all proclaime to the worlde those your due prayses which I well knowing your modesties doe spare once to name neither would I haue saide thus much were it not for this cold and barren age wherein we liue that so when our preaching cannot moue yet your godly examples might stirre vp Pardon me therfore I pray you thinke it no wrong to you which is a benefit to Gods Church But goe forward in the strength of the Lord your God hold on in that happie course you haue begun be faithfull vnto the ende the Lord will giue you the Crowne of life faithfull is hee which hath promised who will also doe it proceede good Sir to honour learning in your selfe and others and religion especially which is the principallearning and proceede both of you to practise religion in your owne persons and in your family hold on to shine before your familie and amongst the people where you dwel in zeale and holines holde on hereby still to shame poperie to stoppe your enemies mouthes and to honour that holy religion which you professe to gaine comfort of good conscience to your selues assurance of eternall reward and lastly to encourage mee in those painefull duties which lye vpon mee for I openly professe that your religious zeale and loue of the truth with many other good helpes are principall encouragementes in my ministerie and especiall motiues vnto mee to vndertake the charge of publication of so many of the workes of this holy man deceased as may not in better manner be done by others But I keepe you too long from this holy exhortation following I therefore send you it and it to you and from you to the Churche of God for I dare not make it priuately yours and mine wherein the whole church hath interest as well as we It was Preached in the field but it is worthy to be admitted into our hearts I found it in the opē field but vpon diligent viewe finding it to bee Gods corne and a parcell of his holy and immortall seede therefore I brought it home as good corne deserues And as it is Gods corne so in you I desire all holy Christians to lay it vp in Gods garners that is in their hearts and soules And thus committing this little volume to your reading the matter to your practise you and yours

same graue of the earth and death hath like dominion ouer them all 3. But afterwards at the last day at Gods great haruest and great winnowing time he then with the winde of his power seuereth them asunder in soule and body Wheat from the chaffe Sheepe from the Goates and separateth them neuer to be mingled againe for euer and euer and then with the winde of his wrath hee blowes the chaffe into fire vnquenchable and with his louing fauour gathereth his wheate into the euerlasting and glorious garners of heauen So then the first seuereth them in affectiō The second in soule for a time The third actually in soule and body for euer and euer Nowe of these three winnowing times the holy Ghost speaketh here properly of the second namely the fanne of Gods iudgements so that the meaning of the Metaphor is this Search your selues and repent betimes lest God come vppon you with some fearefull Iudgements because you haue so long contemned the fanne of the word and finding you too light to abide the triall doe take you away in the iudgement and cast you into hell for as sure as the fanne of the word hath made differēce of you which are chaffe and which are wheate so sure shall the fanne of his iudgements blow away the chaffe to hell and damnation Thus much for the meaning Now for the vse for vs in England the case stands thus Our Church doubtlesse is Gods corne field and wee are the corne heape of God and those Brownists and Sectaries are blinde and besotted who cannot see that the Church of England is a godly heape of Gods corne but withall we must confesse we are full of chaffe that is of prophane and wicked hypocrites whose hearts and mindes abound in sinnes and rebellions and many of our best professours are also too full of chaffe that is of corruptions and do giue themselues too much libertie in many sinnes but alas the pure wheate how thinne is it scattered how hard to find a man at least a family which dedicate themselues to the Lord in holy and sincere obedience and labour to make conscience of all sinnes now therefore seeing wee are Gods corne field and wee haue some pure wheate amongst much chaffe therefore God will winnow vs to find out the corne if he haue but one corne of wheate in a handfull of chaffe but one good man of many hee will stirre all the heape for those few corners hee will not care to blow all the chaffe to hell to finde out those fewe cornes of Wheate to lay them vp in heauen so that out of all question England being so full of chaffe must looke to be winnowed Now for the first Fanne of his word it hath beene vsed in this land these fiue and thirtie yeares and that as powerfully and as plentifully as any where in the world and yet alas many are more godlesse more ignorant more prophane then euer they were yea wickednesse groweth and the chaffe increaseth aboue the wheate be sure therefore that God will bring his second fanne vpon vs because we will not suffer the first and milde and gentle fan of his word to try and search vs therefore wee will bring the fearefull fanne of his iudgements and with it hee will blowe soule and body into hell with those our sinnes and corruptions which we would not suffer the fanne of Gods word to blow from vs. The first hath so long blowne in vaine that the second must needes come vnto vs and it hath already begun to blow three or foure blastes haue blowne ouer vs famine pestilence earth-quakes fire water winde these haue so blowne some of vs that they haue taken away a great number of vs For vs that remaine this onely remaines that wee strengthen our selues by grace to bee able to stand against the next blast for come it will and when it comes no wealth nor worldly thing can inable vs to endure it onely faith and repentance and the grace of God will stand at that day Now therefore in that so fearefull a fanning abideth vs seeing it is so neere as appeareth by the blastes already past ouer vs which are nothing but the forerunners of a greater tempest what should be our care except wee care not to be blowne body and soule into hell but to labour to eschew this fearefull fanne of Gods wrath or at least if it come vpon vs that it may not blow vs to hell but hasten vs to heauen If thy heart be touched to aske how this may be I answer thee only to follow the Prophets aduice in this place by searching and trying our selues The way to escape Gods triall is to try thy selfe to escape Gods iugdement to be a iudge to thine owne soule and so the way to escape the fearefull fanne of God is to fanne their owne heart by the law of God For whomsoeuer the first fanne that is the worde of God doth worke vpon these men are neuer blowne away with the fan of Gods iudgements O then entertaine the word of God into thy heart submit thy soule vnto it let it pierce and try ransacke thy heart and lay before thee thy wretched estate by thy sinnes and when thou seest thy nakednesse and misery confesse it bewaile it and be humbled for it cry and call for mercy and forgiuenes pray against thy speciall sinnes striue to purge them out as the poyson of thy soule craue grace from God for all thy sinnes if thou seest any sinnes more welcome to thy nature more deere vnto thee and which more preuaile against thee then others doe pray against these sinnes and striue against them aboue all endeaour that by the fanne of Gods word they may be blowne away from thee When thou hast done this marke what will come of it when thou hast fanned thy selfe GOD will not fanne thee but when the fanne of his iudgement comes bloweth so strongly vpon the wicked then the Lorde finding thee alreadie fanned and clensed by his word will spare thee and his iudgement shall either blow ouer thee and passe by thee vntouched as ouer Lot in the destruction of Sodome or else shall fanne out all thy corruptions and blowe thee vp to heauen to be laide vp as pure wheate in the heauenly garners and mansions of glorie which Christ ascribed to prepare for thee Now then amongst those many businesses with which this world doth cumber euerie of vs all which shall perish with the world it selfe let vs good brethren spare sometime for this great businesse Martha may be combred about many things but this is that one thing which is necessarie therefore whatsoeuer is done let not this be vndone Once a day put thy selfe and thy life vnder the fanne of Gods lawe try thy selfe what thou art and thy life how thou liuest Once a day keepe a court in thy conscience call thy thoughts thy wordes and thy deedes to their triall let the ten commaundements