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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.
he can read the most crooked lines that ever man wrote, and pick out the meaning of every word, yea, and make the offenders conscience read them with horror. We cannot reckon up Gods good deeds to us in order, but he can reckon up our evil deeds against him, in order, not we his. Psal. 40.5. Thou hast made thy wonderful works so many, that none can count them in order to thee. But he ours. Ps. 50.21. I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. His ways are far above out of our sight, but he searcheth the ways of the wicked, and knoweth all their paths. Si quid tale, saith Paul: no bill of Ignoto's, all come within the catalogue; if not, there is a Si quid tale to bring it in. Paul in that scroll, Gal. 5. hath neither Blasphemy, nor Perjury, nor Sacrilege: but whatsoever is left out, there is an His similia, Such like, to fetch it in. Because a man is not in extreme rage of madness, is he therefore no fool with God? Because he cannot satiate his lascivious purposes, is he therefore no adulterer with God? Shall none be shut out of the Kingdom, but those who are there precisely mentioned? Yes, Revel. 22, 15. Without shall be dogs, that is, blasphemers, scorners, liars; which are silenced in that roll; saving that they are made belonging to the ulcerous fold by a Si quid tale. Hast thou none of those sins? Habes alia non fortasse minora: thou hast other, perhaps not lighter. Peccare est à disciplina aberrare, August. Discipline is one; now there is so many ways of sin, as deviations from doctrine. Although every particular be not reckoned, yet there is a Writ of Si quis alius, to bring the sinner in compass.
he can reade the most crooked lines that ever man wrote, and picke out the meaning of every word, yea, and make the offenders conscience reade them with horrour. We cannot reckon up Gods good deeds to us in order, but he can reckon up our evill deeds against him, in order, not we his. Psal. 40.5. Thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count them in order to thee. But he ours.