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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
Letter 1 › Chapter 4 › Verse 1-6 › The Doctrines arising herehence.
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Doct. 5. Amongst all the vicious lusts and courses of the world, luxury is one of the chiefest, whereby men walk in lasciviousness, excess of wine and banquetings.
Doct. 5. Amongst all the vicious lusts and courses of the world, luxury is one of the chiefest, whereby men walke in lasciviousnesse, excesse of wine and banquetings.
•eason 1. Because in these men do most of all pamper the flesh, and have no regard at all unto the soul.
•eason 1. Because in these men do most of all pamper the flesh, and have no regard at all unto the soule.
2. Because by these the soul is drowned, as it were in the pleasures of the flesh, so that it cannot lift up it self unto God, and to divine things.
2. Because by these the soule is drowned, as it were in the pleasures of the flesh, so that it cannot lift up it self unto God, and to divine things.