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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
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4 Lastly if thou wilt riot, let me show thee a banquet,p He brought me to his banqueting house, and his banner over me was love: Eat O friends, &c. Joh. 6.58. This is that bread which came down from heaven: he that eateth of it, shall never die. This is Panis verus, though not Panis merus. As he is both the Physician, and the medicine in respect of his blood: so he is both the Pastor, and the food in respect of his body. He feeds his Lambs, not on his grounds, but on his wounds. All men eate Panem Domini, the bread of God: the Saints Panem Dominum, the bread that is God himself. They that have ransacked sea and land, for rarities, never found such a dainty. Here satiate, here be intemperate: think your souls can never feast enough on this dish: with this only immoderation GOD will never be angry.q Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied. CHRIST is vita quâ vivimus, and vita quam vivimus: the life whereby we live, for in him we live, move, and have our being, Acts 17.28. And the life which we live; Now live not I, but CHRIST liveth in me, Gal. 2.20. Let Epicures boast their delicacies, this be the food of our souls.
4 Lastly if thou wilt ryot, let me shew thee a banket,p He brought me to his banketing house, and his banner over me was love: Eate O friends, &c. Ioh. 6.58. This is that bread which came downe from heaven: he that eateth of it, shall never die. This is Panis verus, though not Panis merus. As he is both the Physician, and the medicine in respect of his bloud: so he is both the Pastor, and the food in respect of his body. He feeds his Lambes, not on his grounds, but on his wounds. All men eate Panem Domini, the bread of God: the Saints Panem Dominum, the bread that is God himselfe. They that have ransacked sea and land, for rarities, never found such a daintie. Here satiate, here be intemperate: thinke your soules can never feast enough on this dish: with this onely immoderation GOD will never bee angry.