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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.
I must; it is Personal; I. The Apostle out of that general necessity wisely collects a particular, a proper conclusion to himself, I. These singular deductions out of universal propositions, are profitable to men, and acceptable to God. All men are sinners; and I am the chief, saith Paul. All men are mortal, and I must shortly die, saith Peter. No degree of men is privileged from death: not a Patriarch, not a Prophet, not an Apostle, could plead exemption. Zach. 1.5. Your fathers, where are they? and the Prophets, do they live for ever? Abraham a great Patriarch, Moses a great Prophet, David a great Prince, Samuel a great Priest, John a great Evangelist, Peter a great Apostle; where are they? their souls live in bliss, their bodies are dead in the grave. God doth often take away his Ministers, and that for three reasons:
I must; it is Personall; I. The Apostle out of that generall necessitie wisely collects a particular, a proper conclusion to himselfe, I. These singular deductions out of universall propositions, are profitable to men, and acceptable to God. All men are sinners; and I am the chiefe, saith Paul. All men are mortall, and I must shortly die, saith Peter. No degree of men is priviledged from death: not a Patriarch, not a Prophet, not an Apostle, could plead exemption. Zach. 1.5. Your fathers, where are they? and the Prophets, doe they live for ever? Abraham a great Patriarch, Moses a great Prophet, David a great Prince, Samuel a great Priest, Iohn a great Evangelist, Peter a great Apostle; where are they? their soules live in blisse, their bodies are dead in the grave. God doth often take away his Ministers, and that for three reasons:
1 For their own sins; as Nadab and Abihu. Lev. 10.2. They offered strange fire before the Lord, and there went out fire from the Lord that devoured them. They offered strange fire, and they suffered strange fire. They sent up hellish impiety toward heaven, therefore hell came out of heaven upon them. So Hophni and Phinehas, those uncorrected sons of Eli.