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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.
The Doctrines arising from hence are these.
Doct. 1. The right use of the word of God is the proper means to increase grace.
Doct. 1. The right use of the word of God is the proper meanes to increase grace.
This is gathered from the connection of this exhortation with that which went before. For when the Apostle had before exhorted to constancy in grace, and to obedience, in holiness, and to brotherly love; by a reason also taken in the last place from the word of God, whereby as of incorruptible seed all the faithful are regenerated, here in the beginning of this Chapter. he commends unto us the right use of that word, as the proper and only means to perfect all those things.
This is gathered from the connexion of this exhortation with that which went before. For when the Apostle had before exhorted to constancy in grace, and to obedience, in holinesse, and to brotherly love; by a reason also taken in the last place from the worde of God, whereby as of incorruptible seed all the faithfull are regenerated, here in the beginning of this Chapter. he commends unto us the right use of that word, as the proper and only meanes to perfect all those things.