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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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Reason 1. Because those unbelievers to whom Christ is offered, in contemning his goodness, do directly as it were provoke him to use the greatest severity upon them.
Reason 1. Because those unbelievers to whom Christ is offered, in contemning his goodnesse, doe directly as it were provoke him to use the greatest severity upon them.
2. Because by this means alone is the glory of God and of Christ preserved, when his enemies are put under his feet.
2. Because by this meanes alone is the glory of God and of Christ preserved, when his enemies are put under his feet.
Use 1. This may serve to admonish us to beware of all infidelity.
Vse 1. This may serve to admonish us to beware of all infidelity.
2. To exhort us, when we compare our belief with the misery of unbelievers, to learn to be thankful unto God and to give him the glory of it in Jesus Christ: for these ends is this amplification made in the text.