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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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2. Because Christ rose, as the first fruits of all the regenerate, 1 Cor. 15. 20. and the first borne from the dead, Col. l. 8. Apoc. 1. 5.
Use. This may serve to exhort us, for the confirmation and quickening of our hope, to put before out eyes the resurrection of Christ.
Vse. This may serve to exhort us, for the confirmation and quickning of our hope, to put before out eyes the resurrection of Christ.
Doct. 6. That salvation which we hope for, is a celestial and incorruptible inheritance, Vers. 4.
Doct. 6. That salvation which we hope for, is a celestiall and incorruptible inheritance, Vers. 4.
Reason 1. It comes from God our Father to us his regenerate and adopted sons, as worldly inheritances use to come from fathers to their children.