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A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written
A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter. By Thomas AdamsA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written by the blessed apostle St. Peter. By Thomas Adams
London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kyngston for Jacob Bloome, 1633London: printed by Richard Badger and Felix Kyngston for Iacob Bloome, 1633
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2. For the qualification: as none had right to Canaan but the children of Abraham according to flesh, so none have right to heaven but the children of Abraham according to faith. This qualification stands in our Captain, and in our Combat. For the Captain they had Joshua, we have JESUS: though there were a Canaan, there would have been no lot, without a Joshua: though there be a heaven, there would have been no room for us in it without a Jesus. The lot of every Tribe was known to Joshua, the portion of every Saint is purchased by JESUS.g Joshua had the City which he asked for himself: JESUS obtains whatsoever he asketh for us. Psal. 2.8. Postula a me; Ask of me, and I shall give thee; though thy demand be more than Herod's offer, half my kingdom; though it be the Heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. For the Combat; Canaan was given to Israel by promise, yet they could not enter without a combat: they fought many sore battles, before they were settled in a victorious rest. So must the kingdom of heaven suffer violence, before it afford residence: and we must be content to war with greater Giants than the Sons of Anak, even with Principalities and Powers, before we triumph. Let us bear the Country in our minds, and we shall find courage in our hearts.h Caleb dares fight with the Anakims, if Joshua give him Hebron: and complaining Ephraim enlarge his territories, if Joshua promise them the wood-country. Josh. 17.18. If Dan complain of tooi little room, let him fight it out for more; let him conquer Leshem, and possess it. Christians must not pine and repine, that others exceed them in graces; but buckle on the arms of faith; and with a reverent courage strive for more. Nor is it a good argument that we share the lot of faith, if we strive only for our selves; Christians thus truly qualified seek also the salvation of others. The Reubenites, Gadites, and half the Tribe of Manasseh had their lot allowed already; yet were they not suffered so to rest; butk