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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.
For Sanctity; GOD that hath given thee a whole heart will not be served with a piece of it. Some make show Servire, when indeed they study Saevire; as Herod, let me come to worship the child, when he meant to worry the child. They are like the Philistines Temple; there is the Ark, but Dagon too. Or like the Temples of Egypt, fair without, but within full of Crocodiles. The eye is in the Pulpit, the heart in the Warehouse. Rotten kernels under fair shells: full of Herod's and Naamans exceptives; In this forbear us. What show soever be made, oportet aliquid intus esse, there must be some hidden good within. The oak that is rotten at the heart, will never be good for building. Say to the hypocrite, as Simon Peter did to Simon Magus; pThou hast no part nor lot in this comfort: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
For Sanctitie; GOD that hath given thee a whole heart will not be served with a peece of it. Some make shew Servire, when indeed they study Saevire; as Herod, let me come to worship the child, when he meant to worry the child. They are like the Philistins Temple; there is the Arke, but Dagon too. Or like the Temples of Aegypt, faire without, but within full of Crocodyles. The eye is in the Pulpit, the heart in the Warehouse. Rotten kernels under faire shells: full of Herods and Naamans exceptives; In this forbeare us. What shew soever be made, oportet aliquid intus esse, there must be some hidden good within. The oake that is rotten at the heart, will never be good for building. Say to the hypocrite, as Simon Peter did to Simon Magus; pThou hast no part nor lot in this comfort: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
For Resolution; there must be no reasoning, no disputing; let no man dare to