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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Peter 1:13

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

2 Peter1:13

13 Yea, I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle , to stir you up , by putting you in remembrance.

In the Body; q. d. having not long to live, I would live to the best purpose, and so as I may do the most Good. He calls his Body a Tabernacle both in respect of its short continuance, its mean Structure, and his laborious life in it.

To awaken and rouze you up, as ye have need, the Flesh being slothful; and lest ye should by security and slightness lose the Benefit of what ye have learned: where Knowledg is not wanting, yet Admonitions may be useful.

Marginal references: Chap. 3.1.

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