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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.
To turn such goodly buildings into ashes, will not this satisfy his Justice? To slay the beasts, wither the plants: not this? To sluice out the bloods and lives of so many thousands; mothers having no leisure to cry for their infants, because it is their own turns to suffer: not all this? No, the soul must answer for the souls offences; He condemned them. The traveller yields to the thief; take my purse, my horse, my garments; only spare my life. And man beseecheth God; take goods, and pleasures, and honours, and liberty, and life; only spare my soul; let not that be a prey to Satan. Miserable wretches! if they knew the worth of their souls, they would bespeak destruction, as the King of Sodom did Abraham; uDa nobis animas •• stras; Give us our souls, take all the rest. Let us save our houses, if we can, and save our goods, and save our lives: but howsoever, let us save our souls, though we lose houses and goods and lives.
To turne such goodly buildings into ashes, will not this satisfie his Iustice? To slay the beasts, wither the plants: not this? To sluce out the blouds and lives of so many thousands; mothers having no leasure to cry for their infants, because it is their owne turnes to suffer: not all this? No, the soule must answere for the soules offenses; He condemned them. The traveller yields to the theefe; take my purse, my horse, my garments; only spare my life. And man beseecheth God; take goods, and pleasures, and honours, and libertie, and life; only spare my soule; let not that be a prey to Satan. Miserable wretches! if they knew the worth of their soules, they would bespeake destruction, as the King of Sodome did Abraham; uDa nobis animas •• stras; Give us our soules, take all the rest. Let us save our houses, if we can, and save our goods, and save our lives: but howsoever, let us save our soules, though we lose houses and goods and lives.