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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.
The event or consequents of this transfiguration, are these. First, the testimony of the Father from heaven; which came out of a bright cloud overshadowing them. […] was from a cloud, saith Chrysostom, that they might the more confidently receive […] for the voice of God, qui solitus loqui Patribus in nube; who was wont to speak to their fathers in a cloud. This is my beloved Son, &c. They could formerly see his mother poor, his supposed father labouring for his living, CHRIST himself hungry, thirsty, weary, despised. Therefore now they hear a voice from heaven to make amends for all: recompensing his supposed baseness, with Attributes of great glory. God speaking that to him, which he never spake to any; This is my Son. Not to the Angels, Heb. 1.5. Unto which of the Angels said he at any time, That […] my Son? Christ was shortly to die, and to suffer hard and unjust usage of his enemies; and all this in humility to bear. Therefore now he shows Potentiam […] passionem, gloriam ante injuriam, honorem suum ante horrorem suum: his power before his passion, his glory before his injury, his honour before he come to feel his horror. That when they should afterwards see him taken, bound, scourged, Sco•••, crucified, buried; they might then know and say, that this was effected not […] potentiam eorum, sed propter patientiam suam; not by reason of their power over him ⟨p. 333⟩but by reason of his patience under them: not because they could inflict it,1 but because he would suffer it. Non miseranda necessitate, sed miserante voluntate: not by a miserable necessity, but by his own gracious mercy.
The event or consequents of this transfiguration, are these. First, the testimonie of the Father from heaven; which came out of a bright cloud overshadowing them. 〈…〉 was from a cloud, saith Chrysostome, that they might the more confidently receive 〈…〉 for the voice of God, qui solitus loqui Patribus in nube; who was wont to speake to their fathers in a cloud. This is my beloved Sonne, &c. They could formerly see his mother poore, his supposed father labouring for his living, CHRIST himselfe hungry, thirsty, weary, despised. Therefore now they heare a voice from heaven to make amends for all: recompencing his supposed basenesse, with Attributes of great glory. God speaking that to him, which he never spake to any; This is my Son. Not to the Angels,