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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.
1 Let the first Star be; Memory without forgetfulness: here we forget what we should remember, and remember what we should forget. We forget benefits, and remember injuries. There we shall have a perfect memory: Gregory sticks not to say; even of our very passed miseries and faults: But how? We shall remember them, not with sorrow to distract us, but with joy of deliverance to confirm us: it shall be our sense, not our offence. When we remember how wretchedly we once lay, under the torment of such a sickness, under the tyranny of such a foe, and which was worst, under the pressure of such a sin; and now find our selves delivered and safe for ever; how unspeakable will be our joy? Olim haec meminis. se juvabit.
1 Let the first Starre be; Memory without forgetfulnesse: here we forget what we should remember, and remember what we should forget. We forget benefits, and remember injuries. There we shall have a perfect memory: Gregory stickes not to say; even of our very passed miseries and faults: But how? We shall remember them, not with sorrow to distract us, but with joy of deliverance to confirme us: it shall be our sense, not our offence. When we remember how wretchedly we once lay, under the torment of such a sicknesse, under the tyranny of such a foe, and which was worst, under the pressure of such a sinne; and now finde our selves delivered and safe for ever; how unspeakable will bee our joy? Olim haec meminis. se juvabit.
2 The second Star is, Reason without obscurity, understanding without error. 1 Cor. 13.12. Now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face: Now we know in part, but then we shall know even as we are known. The mist which sin brought over this intellectual light, shall be removed. 1 Cor. 2.9. Eye hath not seen, nor care heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. As Saint Augustine sayes, Fide non capitur, &c. Faith cannot contain it, nor hope comprise it, nor charity comprehend it: it transcendeth the reach of all our thoughts. Acquiri potest, aestimari non potest: it may be obtained, it never can be sufficiently esteemed.