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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
Commentary on n2 peter volume 1 › Chapter 1 › Verse 6 › Part
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.
Verse 6. To your Temperance add Patience.
Verse 6. To your Temperance adde Patience.
Patience is that vertue, Quae mallet mala non committendo ferre, quàm non ferendo committere, August. Which had rather suffer evil and do none, than do evil and suffer none. It hath these degrees; It does not wrong; it receives it, not with stupidity but sense: it does not vex him that offers to vex it: it returns not wound for wound: it does not hate the offender: it loves him: it does good unto him: it entreats God for him, Chrysost. For Patience consists not only in bearing injuries, but in forgiving the injurers.
PAtience is that vertue, Quae mallet mala non committendo ferre, quàm non ferendo committere, August. Which had rather suffer evill and doe none, than doe evill and suffer none. It hath these degrees; It does not wrong; it receives it, not with stupiditie but sense: it does not vex him that offers to vex it: it returnes not wound for wound: it does not hate the offender: it loves him: it does good unto him: it intreats God for him, Chrysost. For Patience consists not onely in bearing injuries, but in forgiving the injurers.
But why doth the Apostle next to Temperance annex Patience? Quos delitiae non emolliunt, saepè injuriae frangunt. Temptations of pleasure move not in many, whom the sense of injuries enrageth. Men may refrain from hurting others or themselves; therein is Temperance: but others will hurt them, to bear this with a quiet mind is Patience. A Christian may live without doing wrong, not without receiving ⟨p. 136⟩wrong. Objectum malitiae est non malus. The Wolfe will not worry a Wolfe, so long as there is a lamb in the field. This virtue is better understood than practised: like Cassandra, better known than trusted. Therefore admitting that you understand it, I will apply my self to the affections, that you may embrace it. This let me endeavour by leading you through certain gradual considerations.