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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.
Quintus C••i••e writes of a Gardiner, a very poor man rich in all plenty, •• cept plenty of riches. Alexander of Macedon proffered him the kingdom of S••• but he refused it with this answer. Nunquam erit mihi curiae perdere, quod […] erat mihi curae potere. That shall never trouble me with care to lose, which did • ver trouble me with care to get. Memorable and worthy, and such a proced••• may cast a blush on the cheeks of Christians: for we are all too greedy […] honour.
Quintus C••i••e writes of a Gardiner, a very poore man rich in all plentie, •• cept plentie of riches. Alexander of Macedon proffered him the kingdome of S••• but he refused it with this answere. Nunquam erit mihi curiae perdere, quod 〈…〉 erat mihi curae potere. That shall never trouble me with care to lose, which did • ver trouble me with care to get. Memorable and worthy, and such a proced••• may cast a blush on the cheekes of Christians: for wee are all too greedy 〈…〉 honour.
Well if we would be honoured, let us honour CHRIST: for in is, and […] him comes, all Honour. The most noble deriving of our selves, is from Christ: the […] Nobility is the nobility of Faith, and the best Genealogy the genealogy of g••• works. Mens earthly glories are like their shadows in the Sun: the bodies ••• dow is at morning before us, at noon beside us, at night behind us. So their ho is at morning before them, in a goodly lustre: at noon in the full beside them, wi a violent heat: at evening in the wane behind them, with a neglected pity. Only some differ in their noon or meridian of greatness: for in stead of having their nour besides them, they are besides their honour.