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That the History and Doctrine of the Word might be the better conveyed down to Posterity; for if the Word revealed to holy men so many ages since, had been entrusted only unto the memories of men, by tradition to hand it down from one generation to another, (supposing the Persons with whom the Word was intrusted were faithful, yet the memories of men being weak, and unfaithful, many truths in all likelihood would have been lost by this time; therefore there was not a more sure way of making known the Grace of God unto future ages than by committing the Word of God to writing, This second Epistle I write unto you by way of remembrance.","proofs":["2 Peter 3:1"]}]},{"document":"vincent1673","id":"7","url":"/api/v1/documents/vincent1673/entries/7","segments":[{"text":"1. 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Last of all, that by the vprightnes of our life, we may gaine","proofs":["2 Peter 1:10"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"98","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/98","segments":[{"text":"preaching of his word.","proofs":["2 Peter 1:19"]}]},{"document":"bastingius1591","id":"128","url":"/api/v1/documents/bastingius1591/entries/128","segments":[{"text":"For thine is the kingdome, the power, and the glory for euer: that is, wee ask all these thinges at thy hand, because thou being our king, & almightie, art willing, and able to giue vs all things, and these things we therefore aske, to the end, that by them, al glorie may","proofs":["2 Peter 2:9"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"16","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/16","segments":[{"text":"and of S. Peter vnto all the godly,","proofs":["2 Peter 3:17"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"16","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/16","segments":[{"text":"The Lord would haue no man to perish, but al men to come to repentance.","proofs":["2 Peter 3:9"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"19","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/19","segments":[{"text":"For authoritie also the word is before the Church; because the voice of the Church is the voice of man, who hath erred, and may erre from the truth: but the voice of the word, is Gods voice,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:21"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"and hearers,","proofs":["2 Peter 3:17"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Forasmuch as no prophecie is of any priuate motion,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:20"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"20","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/20","segments":[{"text":"Wee haue also a sure word of the Prophets, saith Saint Peter.","proofs":["2 Peter 1:19"]}]},{"document":"rogers1607","id":"37","url":"/api/v1/documents/rogers1607/entries/37","segments":[{"text":"Yet will not the word of God, were hee neuer so holy, and religious, warrant him any Iurisdiction out of his Diocesse, especially not within this Reamle; much lesse when he doth perform no part of a christian, but euery part of an antichristian Bishop, in corrupting the doctrine of the truth with errors, and cursed opinions; in polluting the Sacraments of Christ by superstitious ceremonies; in persecuting the Church, and Saints with fire, and sword; in making marchandise of the soules of men through couetousnes;","proofs":["2 Peter 2:3"]}]},{"document":"ursinus1587","id":"138","url":"/api/v1/documents/ursinus1587/entries/138","segments":[{"text":"assured of his faith, by his fruite. And lastly, that by our honest and good conuersation wee may","proofs":["2 Peter 1:10"]}]},{"document":"ursinus1587","id":"150","url":"/api/v1/documents/ursinus1587/entries/150","segments":[{"text":"No. For it is not seemly that we should be wiser than god, who will haue his church to bee taught with the liuely preaching of his worde, and not with dumb","proofs":["2 Peter 1:19"]}]}]}