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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.
Of Old things, some are pleasant, some unprofitable, some pernicious. Pleasant, is an old friend, Proverb. 23.10. Thy old friend and thy Fathers friend forsake not: A good old servant, an old monument of honour, old truth, thed old way, unprofitable; an old tree past bearing, an old house past inhabiting, an old ship in danger of sinking, an old garment past mending, an old ill custom past curing. Pernicious; such is Satan, that old Serpent, Revel. 20. Old sin, Nah. 2.11. The old Lion devours terribly, an old dog bites sore, that old Serpent stings deadly, 2 Esdr. 5.53. A woman when she is old, brings not forth so goodly children, as in her youth: she ceaseth teeming. But Concupiscence, the older she grows, the stronger she is to bear the children of unrighteousness. The world is old and weak, man old and sick, sin old and more infecting, the Devil old and more prevailing. The only way to evade their danger, is to become new; to talk with new tongues, Mark 16.17. and walk in new ways, Matth. 2.12. then shall we have new names, Revel. 2.17. put on new garments, and have a portion in the new Jerusalem.
Of Old things, some are pleasant, some unprofitable, some pernicious. Pleasant, is an old friend, Proverb. 23.10. Thy old friend and thy Fathers friend forsake not: A good old servant, an old monument of honour, old truth, thed old way, unprofitable; an old tree past bearing, an old house past inhabiting, an old ship in danger of sinking, an old garment past mending, an old ill custome past curing. Pernicious; such is Satan, that old Serpent, Revel. 20. Old sinne, Nah. 2.11. The old Lion devoures terribly, an old dogge bites sore, that old Serpent stings deadly, 2 Esdr. 5.53. A woman when shee is old, brings not forth so goodly children, as in her youth: shee ceaseth teeming. But Concupiscence, the older shee growes, the stronger she is to beare the children of unrighteousnesse. The world is old and weake, man old and sicke, sinne old and more infecting, the Devill old and more prevailing. The only way to evade their danger, is to become new; to talke with new tongues,