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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.
not to die as an innocent, like Isaac, but to hang as a notorious sinner; hi• accusation being no less than blasphemy; to have a murderer preferred before him in the peoples opinion: to be scorned of the basest,d whose fathers he might disd••• to set with the dogs of his flock. Yea, and which is yet most; while all this is doing on earth, that even then his Father should arraign him above: that he should take off the burden of vengeance from the head of his adversaries, and lay it all on his Son. The comfort of all comforts is from above: let all forsake me, but let […] my Father leave me: but the Lord afflicted him. The high Priest took him to be an offender in his own Person, but God took him to be an offender in our person. He that deserved no sorrow, felt much; that we who deserved much, might feel none: by his wounds we are healed.
not to die as an innocent, like Isaac, but to hang as a notorious sinner; hi• accusation being no lesse than blasphemie; to have a murderer preferred before him in the peoples opinion: to be scorned of the basest,d whose fathers he might disd••• to set with the dogges of his flocke. Yea, and which is yet most; while all this is doing on earth, that even then his Father should arraigne him above: that he should take off the burden of vengeance from the head of his adversaries, and lay it all on his Son. The comfort of all comforts is from above: let all forsake me, but let 〈…〉 my Father leave me: but the Lord afflicted him. The high Priest tooke him to be an offender in his owne Person, but God tooke him to be an offender in our person. He that deserved no sorrow, felt much; that we who deserved much, might feele none: by his woundes we are healed.