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An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustratedAn analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated
An analytical exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated by doctrines out of every text and applied by their uses for a further progress in holiness / by ... William Ames ...An analyticall exposition of both the epistles of the Apostle Peter illustrated by doctrines out of every text and applyed by their uses for a further progresse in holinesse / by ... William Ames ...
London: printed by E.G. for John Rothwell, 1641London: printed by E.G. for Iohn Rothwell, 1641
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Use. This may serve to admonish us, not to neglect or contemn such blessings, whether they be public or private.
Vse. This may serve to admonish us, not to neglect or contemne such blessings, whether they be publick or private.
Doct. 3. It is an honourable title, if a man be rightly and deservedly called a servant of God or Christ.
Reason. Because the chiefest men in the Church of God always gloried in this title; not only the Apostles and Prophets, but also Kings and Princes, as we see in David.
Reason. Because the chiefest men in the Church of God alwayes gloried in this title; not only the Apostles and Prophets, but also Kings and Princes, as we see in David.
Use. This may serve to comfort poor Christians that have no titles whereof to boast. For if they be the servants of God and Christ, they have no cause to envy others, or to complain of their own condition. Now that it may be known who are the servants of God, we must know that there are two things, as it were essential to a servant, 1. To depend upon his Masters will and pleasure, for direction in his work. 2. To refer all that he hath to the use and profit of his Master, not to his own. So also every faithful servant of God, 1 depends wholly upon God for the direction of his life, not upon himself and his own counsel, nor upon the examples and customs of the world, much less upon the suggestions of the flesh and the devil. 2. He refers himself and all that he hath to advance and set forth the glory of God.