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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 As sons of a Father, thus we partake many things of the Divine Nature. 1. Children have from their fathers on earth Generation, we from our Father in heaven Regeneration;t We receive the adoption of sons. We are not natural sons; so is Christ only: but naturalized, as I may say, made his own by adoption and grace.u I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters. 2. We have nutrition, and that both natural and supernatural. Isaiah 1. I have nourished and brought up children. He gives bread to nourish, not stones to choke: Beneficia, non veneficia; Fishes not Serpents, Matth. 7. Thirdly, we have Education: earthly parents bring up their children to their own customs: Rachel, though she would go with her husband Jacob; yet would not leave her Fathers gods behind herx Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; therefore so may we. That which comes by tradition, is held inheritance. Videtur licitum, quicquid est consuetum: That which is patronised by usualness, slips into the opinion of lawfulness. Thus many children are made Papists by the mothers side: and she is so her self, for no other reason but because her Grandam was so. Thus materna sectantes, paterna perdunt: whiles they follow the counsel of their mother on earth, they lose the blessing of their Father in heaven. But God brings up all his children after his own law: they are in a strange land, yet live after the laws of their own Country, their conversation is in heaven.
3 As sonnes of a Father, thus we partake many things of the Divine Nature. 1. Children have from their fathers on earth Generation, we from our Father in heaven Regeneration;t We receive the adoption of sonnes. We are not naturall sonnes; so is Christ onely: but naturalized, as I may say, made his owne by adoption and grace.u I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sonnes and daughters. 2. We have nutrition, and that both naturall and supernaturall. Esay 1. I have nourished and brought up children. He gives bread to nourish, not stones to choake: Beneficia, non veneficia; Fishes not Serpents,