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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.
3 Let the terror of this parallel destruction humble us all. Lord, what a • rible day will it be, when Christ shall appear in the clouds, all the world rise […] their graves, and the whole heaven and earth burning with flames! If ever […] could sample it with a day,1 it was the intended Gunpowder-treason day. Gu•••• der invented by a Monk, taught by the Devil, that great master of Fire-wo• It hath been said, that Africa brings forth every year a new Monster: it […] brought forth such a one as this, to which nihil nisi nomina desunt. Herod slew […] the children of Bethlehem, yet there was some mercy in that, for the men esc• Hamans plot was damnable enough, even the ruin of Israel; yet they had a mou• day of preparation. But this was worse, with suddenness it would have prev• Doomsday, and sent up bodies before the Resurrection. It was cross to all […] kinds of death: that at other times sends the soul upwards, the body downw•• this would have sent the soul downward, and the body upward. Let the m•• of it live to their shame and our thankfulness. Shame, said I? Alas, they mak• their glory! O but the Papists condemn it, and call the plotters Unfortunate • tlemen. Unfortunate, because the fortune did not succeed as they would have i•. […] is the success they blame, not the villainy. But the Papal Chair never app•• it: and who can say the Papal Chair ever disliked it? The actors are see••e, […] ever the Poet lies hid: and the Pope hath not to this day Judicially condem••• Powder-treason. It should have been a dead day, let it be a Red day in or Calendar. Their rage was without measure, so let our thankfulness be without end.