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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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3. To exhort us to carry our selves answerable in all Christian duties, that is, to be constant and incorruptible in performing them: and this is it at which the Apostle doth especially aim at in this place, when he stirs up the faithful to a fervent and constant love one of another, by this argument, because they are borne again by the incorruptible word.
3. To exhort us to carry our selves answerable in all Christian duties, that is, to be constant and incorruptible in performing them: and this is it at which the Apostle doth especially aime at in this place, when he stirres up the faithfull to a fervent and constant love one of another, by this argument, because they are borne againe by the incorruptible word.
Doct. 17. The condition wherein the faithful are put by this incorruptible regeneration of the word, is far more excellent then all the glory of this world.
Doct. 17. The condition wherein the faithfull are put by this incorruptible regeneration of the word, is farre more excellent then all the glory of this world.
This is gathered from verse 24, 25. where there is a comparison made betwixt flesh, grass, the flower of grass, and the glory of man, on the one side, and the word of God on the other; not as the word is considered in it self, but as it is received by the faithful, and translates them into the kingdom of God.
This is gathered from verse 24, 25. where there is a comparison made betwixt flesh, grasse, the flower of grasse, and the glory of man, on the one side, and the word of God on the other; not as the word is considered in it selfe, but as it is received by the faithfull, and translates them into the kingdome of God.