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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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Use. This may serve to exhort us, always to look unto Jesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith, Heb. 12. 2. and by looking unto him to quicken our faith and hope.
Vse. This may serve to exhort us, alwayes to look unto Iesus Christ the author and finisher of our faith, Heb. 12. 2. and by looking unto him to quicken our faith and hope.
Doct. 12. The calling of the faithful hath the purification of the soul joined with it.
Doct. 12. The calling of the faithfull hath the purification of the soule joyned with it.
This is gathered from the beginning of the •2 Verse. So 2 Pet. 2. 20. Hence it is that the washing of baptism represents that grace which is given in their calling: Now this purification and washing, which is communicated in their calling, and signified by baptism, is not by justification only, which consists in the imputing thereof unto remission of sins, but also by sanctification and the real cleansing of the soul, 1 Cor. 6. 11. Tit. 35. And this sanctification is chiefly referred to the soul as to its proper object.