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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.
Open your ears therefore to this heavenly voice. Bernard hath this description of a good eare: Quae libenter audit docta, prudenter intelligit audita, obedium agit intellecta; Which willingly hears what is taught, wisely understands what heareth, and obediently practises what it understandeth. O give me such an […] and I will hang on it jewels of gold, ornaments of praises, Psalm. 85.8. I will […] what the Lord will say: Quid loquatur Dominus. We have those will hear what tempting harlot can say for Luxury, what a false prophet can say in the behalf Usury, what a Lawyer can say in the behalf of Sacrilege, what a factious Schi• maticke can say for Separation, what a Jesuited Seminary can say for Treas•• ⟨p. 327⟩Christ promised his presence to all those that are assembled Nomine suo, in his Name: •hese meet not in the name of Christ, but of Antichrist. Where in stead of the •owers of Gods Garden, they gather the poisonous weeds of the Forrest: and the Devil gets in at the Lords door. I may say of these Convents, confederating to mischiefs; what Chrysostom said of the virgin possessed by the Devil at a Theatre. When God rebuked him, Quomodo ausus es ingredi domum meam? How durst thou •e so bold as to enter into my House? Satan answers, Inveni eam in domo mea; because I found her in my House. In the Congregation of Saints, the Holy Ghost ••ters in, and the Devil is cast out: but in these houses of sedition, and places of malicious error, the company of sinners and seducers; the Holy Ghost is shut out, •ad the Devil is let in. I know that the common streets are not free from offences […] honest ears; but it is one thing, Audire non quaerenda; To hear things that are to […] hated: and another thing, Quaerere non audienda, to listen after things that are not […] be heard. Between Odio invenire, and ultro convenire; finding evil against our •ills, and seeking evil with our delights; there is great difference,