A25280:1964
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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Verse 10. But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government: presumptuous are they, self-willed: they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
Verse 10. But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of un•l•annesse, and despise government: presumptuous are they, selfe-willed: they are not afraid to speak evill of dignities.
The Analysis.
IN this verse is contained the particular conclusion of the former arguing: because he doth particularly apply unto the false teachers of that age, that which he had affirmed in general of the unjust, verse 9. Therefore this particular conclusion is joined with the general, not by a bare copula, but by a gradation from the less to the greater, as it is intimated in ⟨p. 211⟩that first word, But chiefly: as if he had said, that all the unjust should indeed suffer punishment, but those most certainly, and most heavily, that are such as the false teachers are here described to be. Now they are described both in general, and in particular. In general the effect of their wicked walking, in those words, them that walk. Of which effect, 1 he shows the principal cause, which is, the flesh. 2 The administering, or next cause, which is the lust of the flesh, that is, the vicious motions and inclinations of corrupt nature: which is illustrated by the proper effect thereof, uncleanness, because the motions of the flesh do spiritually defile the souls of men, so that it makes them polluted in the sight of God. The particular description is by a particular sin, which is, a contempt of lawful authority: which sin is illustrated by its effect, that is, that they do contemptuously reproach dignities; where he shows the manner of this effect which is adjoined, that they do it boldly and self-willed.