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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
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2 Seeing there are such corrupters of our truth, and disturbers of our peace, •et us be sure to hold the Truth in peace: leaving all heads, and cleaving to our only •ne Head JESUS CHRIST. Col. 2.19. Let us hold the head, from which all the bo•y by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with •he increase of God. Cursed is he that seeks to separate us from this head. The Lord •s our God and our Guide; him we follow, but all false ways we utterly abhor, Phil. •.9. That which you have learned and received, do; and the God of peace shall be with •ou. If we adhere to the truth peaceably, the God of truth and peace shall be with •s. Even that God of peace, whom such incendiaries would turn out of our •and. Psal. 120.6. My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. Doth he hate peace? then peace shall hate him. I am for peace, but when I speak, they are •or war. Well then, God shall be even with him, and be for war, when he speaks •or peace. Deus pacis nobiscum; O the sweet habit of peace to appear in! O the gracious form of peace, for our God to present himself to us! Let him always •ppeare to me in that shape, always present himself to me in that form. Not in •urning fire, nor tempestuous wind, nor trembling earth-quakes but in the soft air •nd still breath of peace; the God of peace be with us. The more busy the devil •s to scatter dissentions, the more unitedly let us hold together. As when the enemy assaults a town, and the men are defending it; the children mean time may not •e allowed to keep what coil and misrule they will in the house; but are rather to ive so much the more orderly. The tyranny of the one must not encourage the liberty of the other; nor are these to be excused because the other are increased. The ommon adversary assaults our substance, if we wrangle one with another about circumstance; it argues a confederacy, and brings on us a suspicion of combination; as if we expected advantage by the thriving of the contrary faction; ather than fidelity to our Mother, and vowed adherence to her husband CHRIST.