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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.
Contubernales, Chamber-fellows, such as lodge together,g Come my beloved, let us lodge in the Villages. Where the chamber is a sanctified heart, the bed a pure faith, the pillow is the peace of conscience, the curtains like Solomons, Azure, Purple, and Scarlet. Azure or sky-colour, noting our heavenly conversation; Purple, our zeal to Gods glory: Scarlet, our charity; so Love is praised to have a thread of Scarlet in her lips. Thus now God is thy chamber-fellow, and inhabits thy holy conscience: and hereafter thou shalt dwell together with him in everlasting rest.
Contubernales, Chamber-fellowes, such as lodge together,g Come my beloved, let us lodge in the Villages. Where the chamber is a sanctified heart, the bed a pure faith, the pillow is the peace of conscience, the curtains like Salomons, Azure, Purple, and Scarlet. AZure or skie-colour, noting our heavenly conversation; Purple, our zeale to Gods glory: Scarlet, our charity; so Love is praised to have a threed of Scarlet in her lips. Thus now God is thy chamber-fellow, and inhabites thy holy conscience: and hereafter thou shalt dwell together with him in everlasting rest.
Conviatores, fellows in a journey, and thus we have CHRISTS company.h Whilst they walked and talked, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. They that will walk to Christ, shall have Christ walk with them. He is the Truth, the ⟨p. 76⟩Way, and the Life: they that faithfully seek viam vitae, the way of life, shall find vitam viae, the life of the way. The Papists have great Pilgrimages to Shrines, Christ doth not travel with them: he hath no fellowship with them, that gives his honour to blocks and stones. Let my soul on the holy feet of faith and obedience, travel toward Jerusalem; then Christ will say, Vade mecum, thou shalt have my company. The good Christian cannot in any Country travel alone, he is sure of the fellowship of his Saviour.