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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.
Therefore it is good counsel now; Praevidete mala futura, ne recordemini bona ••aterita. Foresee with fear the evil that shall be hereafter, lest you remember with grief the good that hath been heretofore. O that our foresight were but half •o sharp as our sense? let us now consider seriously the pains that shall be, that we •ever be put to remember grievously the joys that have been.
Therefore it is good counsell now; Praevidete mala futura, ne recordemini bona ••aterita. Foresee with feare the evill that shall be hereafter, lest you remember with griefe the good that hath beene heretofore. O that our foresight were but halfe •o sharpe as our sense? let us now consider seriously the paines that shall be, that we •ever be put to remember grievously the joyes that have beene.
Secondly, Outer darkness, Matth. 22.13. Cast him into outer darkness. But it […] objected, that the sight of their misery shall aggravate the sense of their misery; •ut nothing can be seen without the light, therefore not outer darkness. Again, ••e damned shall have a visory power after the resumption of their bodies; which were superfluous if they should see nothing with it. They shall see, and without ••ght they cannot see; how then, outer darkness? Answ. Though that fire do •ot shine to any comfort; tamen ut magis torqueat, ad aliquid lucet; yet for their extremer vexation, it shall give some light. So much, as to show their fellows their torments, and them the torments of their fellows, Greg. Basil in