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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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3. To exhort us, 1 Unto humiliation, in respect of this proneness unto error, 2 To care and circumspection that we be not overswayed by it. And an Argument whereby we may and should be stirred up unto this care, we have in the text, whiles they which follow heresies and heretics, are said to follow their destruction. For not only the authors of heresies run unto destruction, but also their followers, as in the place of the Thess. before cited. In those which perish, so that it is a sign of destruction, to be seduced by heretics.
3. To exhort us, 1 Unto humiliation, in respect of this pronenesse unto error, 2 To care and circumspection that we be not overswayed by it. And an Argument whereby we may and should be stirred up unto this care, we have in the text, whiles they which follow heresies and hereticks, are said to follow their destruction. For not only the authors of heresies run unto destruction, but also their followers, as in the place of the Thess. before cited. In those which perish, so that it is a signe of destruction, to be seduced by hereticks.
Doct. 7. The fruit of errors and heresies is speaking evil of the way of truth.
Doct. 7. The fruit of errors and heresies is speaking evill of the way of truth.
This is gathered from these words, By reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. By the way of truth is meant the Gospel, or the will of God revealed in the Scripture, which shows the true way of salvation. It is said to be evil spoken of, when the dignity thereof is violated, most properly by reproachful words. It is said to be evil spoken of by ⟨p. 194⟩them, namely, by the authors of the heresies and their followers, in a two-fold respect, 1. When they themselves speak reproachfully of it, as the Scribes and Pharisees did of Christ. 2. While they give others occasion to speak reproachfully of it, as the Jews did unto the Gentiles,