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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.
What cannot extreme malice do in a supreme place? Th•• Absalom charged his servants concerning his brother Amnon, 2 Sam. 13.28. Kill him, fear not, have not I commanded you? Yet such Portenta temporis, prodigious Comers are followed in all their delirements and aberrations. Men will lie by pattern, swea•• by pattern, drink by pattern, whore by pattern: What is this but to go to hell by pattern? There is another way to heaven, and divers have gone it before us: who now being mounted above the clouds, and trampling under their victorious feet all the vanities of this world; seem to waft us up with their hands, and call us with their voices to follow them; saying, We have the sweet rest of peace, the rich apparel […] glory, the society of Angels, the blessed vision of God; Follow us, O follow us […] earth, that you may come to us in heaven: that we with you, and you with us, and a•• together with Angels, may sing glory and honour to our God for ever.
What cannot extreme malice doe in a supreme place? Th•• Absalom charged his servants concerning his brother Amnon, 2 Sam. 13.28. Kill him, feare not, have not I commanded you? Yet such Portenta temporis, prodigious Comers are followed in all their delirements and aberrations. Men wil lie by patterne, swea•• by patterne, drinke by patterne, whore by patterne: What is this but to go to hell by patterne? There is another way to heaven, and divers have gone it before us: who now being mounted above the clouds, and trampling under their victorious feet al the vanities of this world; seeme to waft us up with their hands, and call us with their voices to follow them; saying, We have the sweet rest of peace, the rich apparell 〈…〉 glory, the society of Angels, the blessed vision of God; Follow us, O follow us 〈…〉 earth, that you may come to us in heaven: that we with you, and you with us, and a•• together with Angels, may sing glory and honour to our God for ever.