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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 Clarity, it is not a hidden, but as Saint Paul saith, a Revealed glory. ki•• ⟨p. 315⟩now indeed hidden; but when Christ our life shall appear, then shall we also appear with him in glory, Col. 3.4. Clear, both for Condition, it shall be excellent: for cognition and apprehension, it shall be seen in the full excellency of it. It is Perenne solstitium: nec •ongitudo terminum, nec claritas occasum, nec satietas fastidium habebit, Bern. It is an everlasting Solstice; the length is interminable, the brightness unchangeable, the fullness unweariable. Our very bodies shall be made glorious; The righteous shall shine as the Sun. Qualis erit splendour animarum, quando solis splendorem habebit lux cor•orum? Bern. What shall be the glory of our souls, when the Sun it self shall not equal the glory of our bodies? If the glory of the body be but the body of glory: then the soul of glory is the glory of the soul. Yea, then the Sun shall septuple his own glory, and we shall centuple the glory of the Sun. It is a glory to the Firmament, that it is stuck full of such shining lamps; a thousand times excelling the lustre of precious stones. O then think what it will be, to walk in the Courts of heaven, and to behold so many millions of Stars; spiritual and intellectual Stars: a sight able to ravish us! If they that dwell in the Courts of Kings, make such a glorious show with their garments, borrowed from worms, or from the earths excremental bowels: what a delightful a sight will it be to behold the splendour of Gods own •mmortall Courtiers!
2 For Claritie, it is not a hidden, but as Saint Paul saith, a Revealed glory. ki•• ⟨p. 315⟩now indeed hidden; but when Christ our life shall appeare, then shall we also appeare with him in glory, Col. 3.4. Cleare, both for Condition, it shall be excellent: for cognition and apprehension, it shall be seene in the full excellencie of it. It is Perenne solstitium: nec ongitudo terminum, nec claritas occasum, nec satietas fastidium habebit, Bern. It is an everlasting Solstice; the length is interminable, the brightnesse unchangeable, the fulnesse unweariable. Our very bodies shall be made glorious; The righteous shall shine as the Sunne. Qualis erit splendor animarum, quando solis splendorem habebit lux cororum? Bern. What shall be the glory of our soules, when the Sun it selfe shall not equall the glory of our bodies? If the glory of the body be but the body of glory: then the soule of glory is the glory of the soule. Yea, then the Sun shall septuple his owne glory, and we shall centuple the glory of the Sun. It is a glory to the Firmament, that it is stucke full of such shining lampes; a thousand times excelling the luster of precious stones. O then thinke what it will be, to walke in the Courts of heaven, and to behold so many millions of Stars; spirituall and intellectuall Stars: a sight able to ravish us! If they that dwell in the Courts of Kings, make such a glorious shew with their garments, borrowed from worms, or from the earths excrementall bowels: what a delightfull a sight will it be to behold the splendour of Gods owne mmortall Courtiers!