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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.
save this malefactor from the gallows, and he will be the first that shall hang thee: be sure it is dead. 4. Lastly, as CHRIST was taken down •rom the Cross, and laid in his grave: so is it dead? O bury it. The Gospel will •ot bate one degree of this proceeding, even to burial, Rom. 6.4. We are buried •ith him, &c. Mortification may begin at some few principals, as an arm is •riken dead with a palsy: but Burial covers all: therefore rest not until all be •aid in the grave. Yea, as CHRIST was buried in a grave of Rock, lest the softer •atter of the earth should seem easily possible: in one entire rock, lest the clefts and assures should breed cavil: Yea, to the mouth of the rock was a stone rolled, ••at stone sealed, and that seal watched. So make sure work with thy sinful mesh: bury it in a rock: if thou find none ready, in CHRISTS grave: there •re no seams for Satan to steal it out, and bring it in judgement against thee. Roll […] stone to the mouth of the Sepulchre, that is, detestation of sin: hate it, as Amnon •ated Tamar, more than ever thou lovedst it. Seal the stone, bind it with a vow of solution; I have sworn, and will perform it, Psa. 119.106. Set a guard about it, watch ⟨p. 426⟩it: Cum omni custodia; With all diligence keep thy heart from it. There are three watchmen; Fasting, Circumspection, and Prayer: Fasting is a plot to cheat iniquity, for she is no pingler, but loves pampering. By fasting keep the body, by circumspection the soul, by prayer both. This is the doctrine of the Gospel, to kill the lusts of blood and flesh: that the soul may live without the tyranny of sin in this world, and without the company of sin in the world to come.
save this malefactour from the galhouse, and hee will be the first that shall hang thee: be sure it is dead. 4. Lastly, as CHRIST was taken downe rom the Crosse, and laid in his grave: so is it dead? O bury it. The Gospell will ot bate one degree of this proceeding, even to buriall,