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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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2. To exhort us, by all means daily to stir up our selves, and to provoke one another to this so necessary diligence.
2. To exhort us, by all meanes daily to stir up our selves, and to provoke one another to this so necessary d•ligence.
Doct. 4. Faith is the fountain and beginning of all Christian virtue.
Doct. 4. Faith is the fountaine and beginning of all Christian vertue.
This is gathered from the text. Because faith is here laid as the foundation upon which all virtues are to be built.
This is gathered from the text. Because faith is here laid as the foundation upon which all vertues are to be built.
Reason 1. Because without faith no man can please God unto everlasting life, and therefore the very virtues of unbelievers, although they be pleasing unto God in themselves, especially if a comparison be made betwixt them and vices, yet they are not pleasing unto God unto salvation, or such as that they may expect a spiritual reward from God; and therefore if a comparison be made betwixt them and the virtues of the faithful, they may not unfitly be called, splendid peccata, glorious sins.