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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.
The Ministers silence doth encourage the peoples going to hell, Lam. 2.14. Thy Prophets have seen for thee false burdens, and causes of banishment: but they have not discovered thy iniquity, to turn away thy captivity. It is a maxim in the civill Law; Qui […] improbat, probat: Consentit, qui tacet; he doth allow that doth not disallow; and he that holds his peace,1 gives his consent. There is a case. The father that hears his daughters vow, wherewith she binds her soul, and holds his peace; consents that it shall stand. A mute indeed is no vowel, but a mute among vowels cannot avoid the office of a consonant.2 Certainly a disable Minister is a grievous plague to the people. Whe•• is no vision, 3the people perish. Tot homines quotidiè occidimus, quos ad mortem ire ta•• tes videmus. We kill daily so many men, as we see going to destruction, and say nothing to. Act. 20.20. Paul protested that he had kept back nothing which was profitable to the Church: and from hence inferreth, Ver. 26. that he was Pure from the blood of all men. Mundus ergo a sanguine eorum non fuisset, si eis Dei consilium •• nuntiare noluisset, Gregor. He could not therefore have been pure from their blood, if he had not diligently taught them the Gospel. So, Verse 27. himself gives the reason of this Pureness; Because I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Ezeck. 3.18. The unwarned sinner shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. So that to be guilty of silence, is to be guilty of murder. Lord, we cannot speak so well as we should; yet always give us grace to speak so well as we can.
The Ministers silence doth encourage the peoples going to hell, Lam. 2.14. Thy Prophets have seene for thee false burdens, and causes of banishment: but they have not discovered thy iniquity, to turne away thy captivity. It is a maxime in the civill Law; Qui improbat, probat: Consentit, qui tacet; he doth allow that doth not disallow; and he that holds his peace,