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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.
But if the Angels in their innocency and excellency fell wholly and utterly •om God: then much more may weak man rend himself from God by sin, yea •d also from Christ. Answ. The grace of Creation came far short of the grace Redemption. There was a power to stand or to fall; but that power was in it •fe. Here is a power to stand, none to fall; but this power is not of our selves. ••e power stands in the promise of God, and gracious covenant in CHRIST. […] will make an everlasting covenant with them, and they shall not depart from me. aWe […] stand as never to fall. God doth not trust our salvation in our own hands: but We are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God. bIf our portion were in our own ••d, we would quickly spend it, as that Prodigal did his patrimony. We are the ••lish children of Adam, and would part with our salvation for an Apple: and […] nature the brothers of profane Esau, that sold his Birth-right for a mess pottage. But it is there laid up, where we can never spend it, nor the devil ••d it. There is a difference between the state of nature, and that which is above ⟨p. 496⟩nature: betwixt a Created, and a Regenerated will: not that the latter is not also created; but because the former is in the will by creation, so is not the latter. 1. The created will had a freedom to will that is good; so hath this. 2. The created will had a power to will perseverance in goodness, so hath this. 3. The created will […] not the will it self, nor the act of perseverance; the regenerate will ha•• both these.
But if the Angels in their innocencie and excellencie fell wholly and utterly •om God: then much more may weake man rend himselfe from God by sin, yea •d also from Christ. Answ. The grace of Creation came far short of the grace Redemption. There was a power to stand or to fall; but that power was in it fe. Here is a power to stand, none to fall; but this power is not of our selves. e power stands in the promise of God, and gracious covenant in CHRIST. will make an everlasting covenant with them, and they shall not depart from me.