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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.
They denied.] It had been very much not to have feared him, especially seeing himself so warned us. Luk. 12.5. Fear him that can cast into hell. The wrath of a king is frightful, we fear an ague, wonder at a Comet, tremble at thunder: and fear we not God the commander of all these? Oh he is of infinite majesty! Mathematicians wonder at the Sun, that being bigger than the earth, it does not burn it. But this is the wonder, that God being so infinitely great, and we so infinitely wicked; we are not confounded. Ammo. 4.13. He formeth the mountains, createth the wind, makes the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth: can he do this, and not punish sinful man? To fear him is Totum homini, the whole duty of a man: not to fear him, is the way to be left worse than if we never had been. To want this fear is a wretched orbitie, but to deny him, this is worse […] had bin very much not to have believed on him, considering the oracles that he spake and the miracles that he wrought. They that hated him, were forced to testify bo•• these of him;1 Never man spake as this man doth: and we never saw it on this fashion: Yea, This ye have seen, and believe not. They saw, they heard, they wondered, they were convinced, yet they not believed. Their own eyes in seeing, their own eats in hearing, their own hearts in wondering, their own convicted reasons, shall witness against their unbelief, Joh. 16.9. The Holy Ghost shall reprove the world of […] because they believe not on me. Accedente fide discedit peccatum, accedit peccatum discedente fide. If faith comes, the guilt of all sin departs: if faith departs, the god of all sin remains. Israel had gross sins, as tempting of God, unthankfulness, adultery with Moab, idolatry with Baal-poor: every one able to have kept them out of Canaan, to have swept them out of the world: yet Paul imputes all to their want of faith, Hebr. 3. Verse 19. They could not enter in because of unbelief, Rom. 11. Verse 20. Because of unbelief they were broken off. There is destruction enough wrapped up in this, not to believe on him that bought us: but to deny him, is yet worse.