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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. 11. That taste of the grace of God which we either now have, or formerly had, should stir us up to desire and seek after the same more and more.
Doct. 11. That taste of the grace of God which we either now have, or formerly had, should stirre us up to desire and seeke after the same more and more.
This is gathered from the connection of these words with those that went before.
This is gathered from the connexion of these words with those that went before.
Reason 1. Because to that end is there a taste of this grace given, to stir up the appetite.
Reason 1. Because to that end is there a taste of this grace given, to stirre up the appetite.
2. Because the goodness of God it self is in a manner contemned and vilified, if it be neglected, after it hath been once tasted: & therefore in this respect they sin more grievously, who when they have tasted this grace of God, do little esteem of it, then they, who out of ignorance make no reckoning of it at all.