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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.
Doct. 1. They that go astray themselves from the right way, and cause others to go astray, whatsoever they make show of, they have nothing else in themselves or in their errors but vanity.
Doct. 1. They that go astray themselves from the right way, and cause others to go astray, whatsoever they make shew of, they have nothing else in themselves or in their errours but vanity.
This is gathered out of verse 17. and the beginning of 18. For they are said in the text to be as it were vanity it self, as Solomon faith of all things that are under the Sun, in respect of happiness they are vanity of vanities. Now they are said to be vain, 1. Because they have only a show of some truth or good, not the thing it self. 2. Because they make a show of communicating some good unto others, but they do not perform it, nor can they. For that is properly called vain, which is void of that thing which it should have, or which is unfit for that use and end whereunto it should serve.
This is gathered out of verse 17. and the beginning of 18. For they are said in the text to be as it were vanity it selfe, as Solomon faith of all things that are under the Sunne, in respect of happinesse they are vanity of vanities. Now they are said to be vain, 1. Because they have only a shew of some truth or good, not the thing it selfe. 2. Because they make a shew of communicating some good unto others, but they do not performe it, nor can they. For that is properly called vaine, which is void of that thing which it should have, or which is unfit for that use and end whereunto it should serve.
Reason 1. Because they have forsaken God, who is the fountain of all true and solid good.