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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.
Covetous men like those stronger soldiers, will not give the faint and poor any of their spoil: not So saith David, 1 Sam. 30.23. You shall not do so my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us. There is another So to salvation; and blessed is the servant, whom his Master findeth So doing, Matth. 24.46. This is the sureness; if you go by the means, you shall come to the end. So you shall have an entrance; an infallible rule, if you walk So, you shall not miss it.
Covetous men like those stronger souldiers, will not give the faint and poore any of their spoile: not So saith David, 1 Sam. 30.23. You shall not doe so my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us. There is another So to salvation; and blessed is the servant, whom his Master findeth So doing, Matth. 24.46. This is the surenesse; if you goe by the meanes, you shall come to the end. So you shall have an entrance; an infallible rule, if you walke So, you shall not misse it.
An entrance shall be given you; I call this the Readiness of the Passage. The way is not hedged up with thorns, nor barricadoed with bulwarks, nor mazed like ⟨p. 226⟩an intricate labyrinth; Patet, there is an Entrance. In the tractation of this doctrine, because it is the heart of the Text, I will consider three things. First, the proposition, that the way to blessedness is open: next, I will clear the way from certain obstacles, that may seem to cross the truth of this assertion: lastly, I will declare wherein this Entrance consists.
An entrance shall be given you; I call this the Readinesse of the Passage. The way is not hedged up with thornes, nor barricado'd with bulwarkes, nor maz'd like