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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
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.
Reason 1. Because holiness is one of the chief ends of this ••lling, therefore it is usually called in the Scriptures a holy calling, 2 Tim. 1. 9.
Reason 1. Because holinesse is one of the chiefe ends of this ••lling, therefore it is usually called in the Scriptures a holy calling, 2 Tim. 1. 9.
2. Because God which calleth us is most holy, and he calls us to have communion with him in holiness, as it is in the Text.
2. Because God which calleth us is most holy, and he cals us to have communion with him in holinesse, as it is in the Text.
3. Because the calling it self is in its own nature a setting of a man apart from the common and corrupt use of the world to a sacred use; and therefore it is a consecration or dedication of men unto holiness.
3. Because the calling it selfe is in its own nature a setting of a man apart from the common and corrupt use of the world to a sacred use; and therefore it is a consecration or dedication of men unto holinesse.