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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.
This is an unspeakable terror, to be coped up in everlasting night. If D•••• calls the grave a tetricall place because of this darkness, where the Organ of seeing is not yet exercised. Job 10.23. A land of darkness and the shadow of death, where […] light is as darkness: How intolerable is the darkness of hell! But how agreeth […] with other Scriptures, that allow the devils vagary per orbem, & versari per […], to wander about the world, and to be conversant in the air? 1 King. 22.22. I•• •.7. Luk. 8.31. Eph. 2.2. Rom. 16.20. Shortly, therefore not yet trodden down. H•• then are they shut up under darkness? Answ. It was the devils censure to be […] into hell; yet so that before the day of Judgement, the wisdom of God hath ••• posed a permissive egress into the world; and that for some of them: that […] great number of them are in hell, there tormenting the damned souls, so the […] wander in the world to tempt sinners. This is manifest, Revel. 9.3. Where the b•• tomlesse pit being opened, there came out of the smoke innumerable locusts upon the […] and the purpose of their coming is expressed, that they might hurt those that […] not the seal of God in their foreheads. So Revel. 20.2. Satan is bound for a thous••• years, at the expiration whereof it follows that he be loosed. Until the Judge•••• day God doth lengthen his chains.
This is an unspeakable terror, to be coped up in everlasting night. If D•••• calls the grave a tetricall place because of this darkenesse, where the Organ of seeing is not yet excercised. Iob 10.23. A land of darkenesse and the shadow of death, where light is as darkenesse: How intolerable is the darkenesse of hell! But how agreeth with other Scriptures, that allow the divells vagari per orbem, & versari per , to wander about the world, and to be conversant in the aire?