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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.
Now the greater the corruption, the vaster the destruction. Some think the the Igneum diluvium, fiery deluge shall descend no higher than did the watery; It may be the earth shall be burned; that is the worst guest at the table, the common sewer of all other creatures: but shall Calum transire, the heavens pass away? It may be Coelum aëreum, the airy heaven; but shall Sydereum, stellatum, the starry heaven, whe•• God hath printed such figures of his glory? yes, Coelum, elementum, Terra, when Ig•• ubique ferox ruptis regnabit habenis. The former deluge is called the worlds wi••, the next the worlds summer. The one was frigido elemento, with a cold and […] element: the other shall be calido, with an element hot and dry. But what then […] become of the Saints? they shall be delivered out of all; walking like those that servants in the midst of that great furnace, the burning world, and not be scorc•••, because there is one among them, to deliver them,i The Son of God, their R•d• mer. But shall all quite perish? no, there is rather a mutation, than an aboli••• of their substance.k Thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed: changed, […] abolished. Transit mundus & concupiscentia egus; the concupiscence shall pass, nor the essence: Figura non natura. In the altering of an old garment, we destroy it not, […] trim it, refresh it, and make it seem new. They pass, they do not perish: […] dross is purged, the metal stays. The corrupt quality shall be renewed, […] all things restored to that original beauty wherein they were created.l The […] all things is at hand: an end of us, an end of our days, an end of our ways, an […] of our thoughts. Qui ab universalitate te excipit, te decipit. If a man could say […] Jobs messenger, Ego solus aufugi, I alone am escaped, it were somewhat; or might find an Ark with Noah. But there is no Ark to defend from that heat, but […] the bosom of Jesus Christ.