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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.
Grace and peace; this is the matter. It hath been an ordinary custom in the Jewish, Pagan, and Christian world, to begin their letters with salutations: and in ⟨p. 32⟩these to wish their friends, that they thought the best good. Some wished prosperity, others health and Jovisance, others summed up all in a contented mind. Some wrote, Cura ut benè valcas: others Cura ut benê vivas. One wisheth soundness to their bodies, another integrity to their lives. All those were far short of that true blessedness, which the Apostles saw to be in CHRIST JESUS: therefore Grace and Peace be to you; this Satius, and Saris: this was so good, there could be no better: this was so much, there need be no more. This is a short, but effectual prayer frequently used in the Scriptures, and not seldom in our Liturgy. Such are Dominus vobiscum; the LORD be with you, &c. Those over-devout and factious Pharisees, that love long prayers, and short good deeds, call these short ejaculations, shreddings. But one well answers them, that these shreddings and lists are of more value, than their northern broad-cloth that shrinks in the wetting.
Grace and peace; this is the matter. It hath beene an ordinary custome in the Iewish, Pagan, and Christian world, to begin their letters with salutations: and in ⟨p. 32⟩these to wish their friends, that they thought the best good. Some wished prosperity, others health and Iovisance, others summ'd up all in a contented minde. Some wrote, Cura ut benè valcas: others Cura ut benê vivas. One wisheth soundnesse to their bodies, another integritie to their lives. All those were farre short of that true blessednesse, which the Apostles saw to be in CHRIST IESUS: therefore Grace and Peace be to you; this Satius, and Sa•is: this was so good, there could be no better: this was so much, there need be no more. This is a short, but effectuall prayer frequently used in the Scriptures, and not seldome in our Liturgie. Such are Dominus vobiscum; the LORD bee with you, &c. Those over-devout and factious Pharises, that love long prayers, and short good deeds, call these short ejaculations, shreddings. But one well answers them, that these shreddings and lists are of more value, than their northerne broad-cloth that shrinkes in the wetting.