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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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Answer: They are said to abstain from speaking evil, 1 Because they do not speak evil, but when God commands them, and therefore it is not their malediction so much as Gods. 2 Though they do speak evil of the men that are set in authority, and do evil also unto them sometimes, as we s•e in the example of Herod, and in the Host of Sennacherib, yet they do not speak evil of the dignities themselves, which was the sin of these impostors, of whom the Apostle speaks.
Answer: They are said to abstaine from speaking evill, 1 Because they do not speak evill, but when God commands them, and therefore it is not their malediction so much as Gods. 2 Though they do speak evill of the men that are set in authority, and do evill also unto them sometimes, as we s•e in the example of Herod, and in the Host of Sena•herib, yet they do not speak evill of the dignities themselves, which was the sin of these impostors, of whom the Apostle speaks.
The Doctrines arising herehence.
Doct. 1. Their sin is the greater, who are of a lower condition, if they wax proud and despise dignities, then if they were set in a higher degree.
Doct. 1. Their sin is the greater, who are of a lower condicion, if they wax proud and despise dignities, then if they were set in a higher degree.