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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 We are sent to the Author of this dire overthrow, the Lord: He turned, the Cities, &c.c The Lord rained fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven. It is not enough to say, the Lord rained from himself: nor doth it only signify a miraculous rain, beside the course of nature: but well have the Fathers urged this place to prove the Eternity of CHRIST; to whom the Father hath committed […] Judgement: the LORD CHRIST did rain, from JEHOVAH the LORD his Father.
5 We are sent to the Author of this dire overthrow, the Lord: He turned, the Cities, &c.c The Lord rained fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven. It is not enough to say, the Lord rained from himselfe: nor doth it only signifie a miraculous raine, beside the course of nature: but well have the Fathers urged this place to prove the Eternitie of CHRIST; to whom the Father hath committed 〈…〉 Iudgement: the LORD CHRIST did raine, from IEHOVAH the LORD his Father.
Those wonderful events, which the ignorant ascribe to fortune, the Atheist to nature, the superstitious to their Idols, the politician to his plots, the proud to his o•• power, too many to second causes: in all these the servants of God look higher, resolving all such effects to their first principle; Digitus Dei. The fame of Alexander, ⟨p. 603⟩the renown of Caesar, have been much applauded for their victorious triumphs: Ulysses for policy, Hector for valour. The best of them have their matches in the Book of God. Joshua fought as magnanimously, as successfully; yet (when he had conquered five Kings and kingdoms) the glory is the Lords,