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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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Verse 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoice: though now for a season (if need be) ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. 7. That the trial of your faith, being much more precious then of Gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 8. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your Souls.
Verse 6. Wherein ye greatly rejoyce: though now for a season (if need be) ye are in heavinesse through manifold temptations. 7. That the triall of your faith, being much more precious then of Gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might bee found unto praise, and honour, and glory, at the appearing of Iesus Christ. 8. Whom having not seene, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet beleeving ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your Soules.
Grace is here set forth by the effect and adjunct thereof, which he makes to consist in the greatest joy, in those words, wherein ye rejoice. Now this joy is amplified by those ⟨p. 12⟩manifold afflictions and temptations, which usually make men sad rather then joyful, in the other part of the 6. verse, where the amplification per discretum axioma, by a discreet axiom, is to be conceived after this manner. Although by reason of manifold afflictions and temptations ye are exceeding heavy, yet so great is the excellency of this grace wherein ye stand, that these afflictions are no hinderance to you, because ye rejoice in that grace with great joy.