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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.
There could be no Testimony, Plenius vel planius, manifestius vel magnificent•• more perspicuous, or more glorious. Honour requires reverence: God hath honoured his Son, let us honour the Father, and give the devout reverence of humble hearts to the whole Trinity.
There could be no Testimony, Plenius vel planius, manifestius vel magnificent•• more perspicuous, or more glorious. Honour requires reverence: God hath honoured his Sonne, let us honour the Father, and give the devout reverence of humble hearts to the whole Trinity.
He received.] This is the first Circumstance, the person to whom this honour is given. He received, but Receiving implies want; now is there any want in Christ? Coloss. 1.9. It pleased the Father, that in him should all fullness dwell. The oil of gladness did so fill him, that it ran over the brinks of his Humanity, and fills us […] members. Of his fullness we have all received, grace for grace, Joh. 1.16. The Plenitude of Christ was not Plenitudo sufficientiae, a sufficient fullness, enough to serve his turn: but superabundantiae, an over-flowing fullness; a sea of grace, able to fill all […] channels. Not Transitionis, a passing or vanishing fullness; as a Cistern may be•••l, and emptied again by cocks: but Habitationis, a permanent and inexhaustible fullness: it dwells in him. How then is he said to receive? Could there be addition, where is no defect? Can a thing be more than full? This receipt doth in nothing prejudice the immenseness of the Deity: for Christ must be considered two ways, as he is God, and as he is man. He that mediates between both, must be both. He•• then the answer is easy; It is God that gives, and it is man that receives. The Father hath not more glory, omnipotent, or perfection, than the Son, as he is God; b•• as this Son of God is made the son of man, he receives grace and glory. God gives to man, and receives nothing of him: man receives of God, and gives nothing to him. Hear him speak as God; All thine are mine,