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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
he was seen of above ••ve hundred brethren at once: he was seen of James, seen of all the Apostles; and last of •ll seen of me. And Saint Peter here confirms it; We were eye-witnesses of his Majesty. Now as Aristotle said; If Timotheus had not been, we had not had •o much sweet music: but if Phrynis (Timotheus his master) had not been, we •ad not had Timotheus. So, if these Apostles, John, Peter, and Paul had not been, •e might have wanted such witnesses: but if JESUS their Master had not been, we had wanted such Apostles. They saw with their eyes, we hear with our ears, •ORD grant us all to believe with our hearts, the Majesty of JESUS CHRIST. So it follows.
he was seene of above ••ve hundred brethren at once: he was seene of Iames, seene of all the Apostles; and last of •ll seene of mee. And Saint Peter here confirmes it; Wee were eye-witnesses of his Majestie. Now as Aristotle said; If Timotheus had not beene, we had not had •o much sweet musicke: but if Phrynis (Timotheus his master) had not beene, wee •ad not had Timotheus. So, if these Apostles, Iohn, Peter, and Paul had not beene, •e might have wanted such witnesses: but if IESUS their Master had not beene, we had wanted such Apostles. They saw with their eyes, we heare with our eares, •ORD grant us all to beleeve with our hearts, the Majestie of IESUS CHRIST. So it followes.
Of his Majesty.] The Apostles saw not with such eyes as the world. The world saw neither for me nor comeliness, nor any thing desirable in him, Isaiah 53.2. The Apostles saw his Majesty. The world saw him as a dejected, rejected man; h. 19.5. Behold the man: the man laden with sorrows, and overwhelmed with miseries. The Apostles saw him white and ruddy, of the purest complexion, the chiefest mong ten thousand,