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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.
even a benediction upon thy person, that hast been the Instrument of preventing my sin, by thy salting. There is nothing more against the grain of our affections at first: but when by this means we shall find our selves preserved to heaven, where no corruption shall enter, for this salting we shall thank the Lord. Lastly, fault gives a taste or relish to another thing. Nunquid insulsum sine sale edi potest? Job 6.6. Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? Corruption shall not inherit incorruption, 1 Cor. 15.10. Without this salt there is no taste in us. Unsavoury meat is called foolish meat. Ut sapiant fatuae fabrorum prandia betae, Martial. Lib. 13. Ep. 13. One manner of Gods entering into covenant, was called Foedera salis, Numb. 18.19. the covenant of salt, for the perpetuity of it. So were the sacrificers seasoned in the old Law, Levit. 2.13. so must every soul be relished in the Gospel; Mark 9.49. Every one shall be salted with fire. In that was Foedera salis, in this Sal foederis: there was the covenant of salt, here is the salt of the covenant. Love them best, that salt you most: had you rather ⟨p. 85⟩stink than be salted, and so presented a service to God. The Sermon may delight us, but not better us, that hath no salt in it. Nulla est in tanto corpore mica salis. Catull If thou yet find no good by thy Pastor, yet love him Spe futuri, in hope of the good he may do thee.
even a benediction upon thy person, that hast beene the Instrument of preventing my sinne, by thy salting. There is nothing more against the graine of our affections at first: but when by this meanes wee shall find our selves preserved to heaven, where no corruption shall enter, for this salting we shall thank the Lord. Lastly, falt gives a tast or rellish to another thing. Nunquid insulsum sine sale edi potest? Iob 6.6. Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? Corruption shall not inherite incorruption,