A25280:597
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.
Use. This may serve to direct us, that beholding Christ as it were in a glass, we may be as it were changed into the same image from glory to glory, 2 Cor. 3. 18.
Vse. This may serve to direct us, that beholding Christ as it were in a glasse, we may be as it were changed into the same image from glory to glory, 2 Cor. 3. 18.
Doct. 8. The Chiefest manner of imitating Christ in enduring afflictions, consists in this, that we commit our cause unto God.
This is gathered from verse 23, at the end.
Reason. Because this is the rule of patience in such cases, not to revenge our selves, but to commit the whole business unto the Lord, and to rest well contented and pleased in his will.