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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.
The merry wanton that dissolutely lives, being asked how he scapes sickness, lives so long and so jovial; answers I have a light heart. But when this man co•• to feel the weight of his sins, let him tell me then whether he be light hearted Naba could be drunk in his health; but when he is sick, his heart lies and […] him like a stone: nothing in the world can lift it up. The heart cannot raise it self, it is the Lord thatr draws it up. John 12.32. When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. The Apothecary hath no drugs so cordial, the sy• phant no jest so jovial, the Vintner no Wine so sprightly, the Musician no stro•e• lusty; that it can lift up a sinful heart. Down, down it sinks without the ani•• tion of Gods holy Spirit.
The merry wanton that dissolutely lives, being asked how he scapes sicknesse, lives so long and so joviall; answers I have a light heart. But when this man co•• to feele the waight of his sinnes, let him tell me then whether he be light hearted Naba could be drunke in his health; but when he is sicke, his heart lies and 〈…〉 him like a stone: nothing in the world can lift it up. The heart cannot raise it selfe, it is the Lord thatr drawes it up. Iohn 12.32. When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me. The Apothecary hath no drugs so cordiall, the sy• phant no jest so joviall, the Vintner no Wine so sprightly, the Musician no stro•e• lusty; that it can lift up a sinfull heart. Downe, downe it sinkes without the ani•• tion of Gods holy Spirit.