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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.
5 Observe, that God punisheth sin wheresoever he finds it, though it be […] the very Angels. For all the men and Angels in the world are not so dear to him, […] his own honour: and what dishonours him but sin? For this cause 1 He made a Law against it, Gal. 3.19. The Law was added because of transgression. Non s••• sisset mandatum, nisi abhorruiset peccatum. He could not have written the Law w••• his own finger, if he had not so abhorred sin, 2 Gracious are the promises […] hath made to obedience: grievous the plagues he hath to threaten disobedience, […] His own hands have smitten it, the whole world is a bleeding witness thereof: […] man may say, Quorum pars magna fui: the whole creature groaneth in expecta••ce […] his pacification. He hath drowned the world in a flood of waters, and he […] burn it in a flood of fire, because of sin. The sentence shall stand unchangeable, so long as heaven and earth endureth;a Tribulation and anguish upon every soul […] man that doeth evil: Be he Jew or Gentile, learned or simple, Poor or Peer; y•• man or Angel. 4 So doth he hate sin, that he spared not his own Sun, whe••• appeared in the similitude of sinful flesh. If the Justice of God could ever […] swallowed sin, or dismissed it with impunity, he would have forborne it i• […] own bowels. Yea, such a Son as never knew the least thought of disobedien•• the Son of his love, the Son of his joy, the Son of his light, the Son of […] delight: a Son fully as good and as great as his Father. Yea because he stoo•• […] the place, and bore the person of sinful man, he plagued him as the most deadly e•• my that ever he had. Ut Peccatum occideret, Filium crucifixit. That he might […] sin, he slew his Sonne.
5 Observe, that God punisheth sinne wheresoever he finds it, though it be 〈…〉 the very Angels. For all the men and Angels in the world are not so deare to him, his owne honour: and what dishonors him but sinne? For this cause 1 He made a Law against it,