God abhors Godly speech which is not joined with a Godly life (Psalm 50:16-17).
– William Perkins –
1592
William Perkins
Godly Speech Demands a Godly Life – William Perkins
God abhors godly speech which is not joined with a godly life.
– William Perkins –
1558–1602
taken from The Art of Prophesying … also see – Psalm 50:16, 17
God’s Special Providence – William Perkins
The consideration of God’s special providence should teach you to think of the presence of God as all-seeing and all-knowing, to seek his help, and also to believe that you are helped in all things, and finally that there is no danger so terrible but he is able and willing to deliver you from it, when it is fit.
– William Perkins –
from The Art of Prophesying, 1592
A New Act of Faith and Repentance – William Perkins
Every new act of sin requires a new act of faith and repentance (Isaiah 1:4, 16, 18).
– William Perkins –
The Allurer of the Soul – William Perkins
Preaching is the flexanima*, the allurer of the soul, by which our self-willed minds are subdued and changed from an ungodly and pagan lifestyle to a life of Christian faith and repentance.
– William Perkins –
from The Art of Prophesying, 1592
*(Flexanima is Latin for: moving, affecting, touching)
The Effect of Scripture – William Perkins
The effect of scripture: it converts people, and even although it is completely contrary to their thinking and desires, it wins them to itself.
– William Perkins –
from The Art of Prophesying, 1592