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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.
That was a little Image or figure of the general fiery Deluge to come. If the • rour of the former be able to shake us with the remembrance? thinking how […] it had been, by a sudden blast to have our souls sent upward with our bodies; […] perhaps both to come down again with the weight of unrepented sins: […] then was no thought or time to retract. How should the meditation of this […] make us tremble; which as it shall be more sudden for the time, so more univer• for the ruin. Shall we still slumber in our old security? The Apostles said of • zarus, aLord, if he sleep he shall do well: but Lord, if we sleep we shall do […] ill. Worldly men are like Nicodemus; they would fain come to Christ, but […] are loth to go till it be Night; 2that is, till death sends them. But, Poenitent•• […] moriene petitur, timeo ne ipsa moriatur: The repentance that is wrung out by death […] may fear it will be dead sooner than he that lies sick. Now, now let us break of […] sins, by the contrition of our souls: for now repentance is a Supersedeas to disc•• all the bonds of sin. And lay hold upon JESUS, who as he saved Noah in the […] Water, is able to preserve us in the day of Fire. Sampson found honey out of […] Lion which himself had killed. Our sins have killed the Lion of Judah, O let […] faithful prayers suck honey out of him: there is no honey so sweet as his mercy.
That was a little Image or figure of the generall firie Deluge to come. If the • rour of the former be able to shake us with the remembrance? thinking how 〈…〉 it had beene, by a sudden blast to have our soules sent upward with our bodies; 〈…〉 perhaps both to come downe againe with the waight of unrepented sinnes: 〈…〉 then was no thought or time to retract. How should the meditation of this 〈…〉 make us tremble; which as it shall be more sudden for the time, so more univer for the ruine. Shall we still slumber in our old security? The Apostles said of zarus,