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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 necessity. As the Creation was that Principium, which did produce things […] their being: so Judgment is that conclusion, which shall perduce things to their •ding. There is a double operation of God, one that wrought the production of •ings, the institution of nature, and distinction of places; from this God rested the •venth day. Another of providential government, whereby he conserves and •poseth things; from this he resteth not.i Hitherto my Father worketh, and I work. •ccording to both these there is a double Judgment: one at the departure out of •is life, which answers to Gods disposition: that they which kept not the appoin•d rule of their maker, might undergo the Justice of their avenger. The other at •t day, when God to all things determines an end, as immediately of himself he •ve them a Beginning. But it is objected, Nah. 1.9. Judgment shall not rise up a •nd time: there is one Judgment at the end of life, if there be another at the end […] the world, then there is Judgement a second time. I might answer, that the Profit speaks there of a temporal destruction, which shall make an utter end, that there •ll be no need of a second blow; Affliction shall not rise up the second time. But •take it in their reading; Every man must be considered, as he is an individual per•, and with relation as he is part of mankind. So there is a double Judgment pro•rtioned; one at his death respecting the singularity of his person: the other at last •pecting his partnership of the world: and thus as he is a member of the universe, […] Judgement must be in the universal.