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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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Doct. 4. The end of all Gods ways, as they have respect unto men, is the repentance and salvation of the godly.
Doct. 4. The end of all Gods wayes, as they have respect unto men, is the repentance and salvation of the godly.
This is gathered from v. 9. Now here ariseth a question.
Quest. Whether all and every particular man be meant thereby, when it is said, that God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance?
Answ. The patience of God according to its nature hath that use and end, to lead all sinners unto repentance, Rom. 2. 4. and in that sense might their interpretation be admitted, who understand these words and the like of all and every particular man: But that the Apostle in this place hath special reference to the elect, it appears thereby, that he speaking of the beloved of God, verse 8. and reckoning himself amongst the number of us, saith, that God is long-suffering to us-ward, that is, towards those beloved, and is not willing that any should perish that is, any of them: because Gods principal work towards men is the salvation of the faithful, and therefore all his ways tend thereunto, as unto the scope and mark whereunto they are directed.