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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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Reason 1. Because their sin is greater then other mens. For where no law is, there is no sin; where the law or the knowledge of the law is less, there the sin is less: but where the knowledge of Gods law and his will is greater, there the sin is made greater and heavier.
Reason 1. Because their sin is greater then other mens. For where no law is, there is no sin; where the law or the knowledge of the law is lesse, there the sin is lesse: but where the knowledge of Gods law and his will is greater, there the sin is made greater and heavier.
2. Because they do wonderfully dishonour God, while they profess themselves to have known his discipline, and to have had experience of it in some measure, and do afterwards reject it, and prefer sin before it.
2. Because they do wonderfully dishonour God, while they professe themselves to have known his discipline, and to have had experience of it in some measure, and do afterwards reject it, and prefer sin before it.
3. Because the devil the Prince of sin doth more severely beset those, that he hath withdrawn unto himself from the flight as it were, Matth. 12. 45.
3. Because the devill the Prince of sin doth more severely beset those, that he hath withdrawne unto himselfe from the flight as it were, Matth. 12. 45.