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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.
Add to your faith virtue. Faith is the first, and I have drunk deeply to you in this cup before: yet I would have you sick of an holy ebriety, and still to thirst for this drink, Cant. 5.1. Bibite & inebriamini, drink abundantly of this cup. To your faith, I cannot omit four things naturally arising out of the words. 1. The necessity. 2. The singularity. 3. The propriety. 4. The society of Faith.
Adde to your faith vertue. Faith is the first, and I have drunke deepely to you in this cup before: yet I would have you sicke of an holy ebrietie, and still to thirst for this drinke, Cant. 5.1. Bibite & inebriamini, drinke abundantly of this cup. To your faith, I cannot omit foure things naturally arising out of the words. 1. The necessitie. 2. The singularity. 3. The proprietie. 4. The societie of Faith.
First, the necessity of Faith: our Apostle to build his house of Christianity, lays this the foundation. That would be a poor house that hath no foundation: the hope of too many, is a castle in the air, that wants the foundation of faith. Philosophy lays her ground in reason, Divinity in faith: the first voice of a Christian is, I beleeve, Ille apud Deum plus habet loci, qui plus attulit, non argumenti, sed fidei. He• hath most respect with GOD, not that is wisest in reason, but strongest in faith. Now the necessity of faith appears in three respects; Ratione Dei, Diaboli, tui.
First, the necessitie of Faith: our Apostle to build his house of Christianitie, laies this the foundation. That would be a poore house that hath no foundation: the hope of too many, is a castle in the aire, that wants the foundation of faith. Philosophy laies her ground in reason, Devinitie in faith: the first voice of a Christian is, I beleeve, Ille apud Deum plus habet loci, qui plus attulit, non argumenti, sed fidei. He• hath most respect with GOD, not that is wisest in reason, but strongest in faith. Now the necessitie of faith appeares in three respects; Ratione Dei, Diaboli, tui.