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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
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.
Reason 1. Because God loveth a ready and cheerful giver, 2 Cor. 9. 7.
Reason 1. Because God loveth a ready and cheerefull giver, 2 Cor. 9. 7.
2. Because grudging makes the benefit unacceptable to him that receives it.
3. Because grudging is as it were a repenting for doing the duty, and so makes it void and of no effect.
Use. The use hereof is, that in doing good we should watch over our minds, that they be rightly and fitly disposed.
Vse. The use hereof is, that in doing good we should watch over our mindes, that they be rightly and fitly disposed.