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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.
Me thinks, I find in this verse three mystical members of a Christian: his Heart, his Hand, and his Head. 1. If these things be in you and abound; there is his Heart. 2. They make you that ye shall not be barren nor unfruitful: there is his Hand. 3. In the knowledge of our Lord JESUS CHRIST: there is his Head. His Head conceives CHRIST, his Heart contains CHRIST, his Hand brings forth CHRIST. 1. His Head, like Mary, conceives the knowledge of devotion; being illuminated by the Holy Ghost. 2. His Heart travels in birth of it, growing in grace, and growing in spirit, till he be delivered. 3. His Hand, that is his life; like a mid-wife, helps him to bring forth that blessed issue. His Head is enlightened, his Heart is enlarged, his Hand is enlivened.
Me thinks, I find in this verse three mysticall members of a Christian: his Heart, his Hand, and his Head. 1. If these things be in you and abound; there is his Heart. 2. They make you that yee shall not be barren nor unfruitfull: there is his Hand. 3. In the knowledge of our Lord IESUS CHRIST: there is his Head. His Head conceives CHRIST, his Heart containes CHRIST, his Hand brings forth CHRIST. 1. His Head, like Mary, coneeives the knowledge of devotion; being illuminated by the Holy Ghost. 2. His Heart travells in birth of it, growing in grace, and growing in spirit, till he be delivered. 3. His Hand, that is his life; like a mid-wife, helpes him to bring forth that blessed issue. His Head is enlightned, his Heart is enlarged, his Hand is enlivened.
If these things be in you and abound. I will not Martyr the Text, but begin as the Apostle begins, with the Heart. Wherein I conceive four particulars; the seed, the ground, the sowing, and the growing. 1. The seed, [Greek or Hebrew], these things. 2. The ground, [Greek or Hebrew], In you. 3. The sowing, which makes them [Greek or Hebrew], to Be in you. 4. The growing, [Greek or Hebrew]: so in you that they abound and thrive. First, for the seed, and herein observe two things.
If these things be in you and abound. I will not Martyr the Text, but begin as the Apostle begins, with the Heart. Wherein I coneeive foure particulars; the seed, the ground, the sowing, and the growing. 1. The seed, , these things. 2. The ground, , In you. 3. The sowing, which makes them , to Be in you. 4. The growing, : so in you that they abound and thrive. First, for the seed, and herein observe two things.