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John Diodati on 2 Peter 2:1

   Posted by: CalvinandCalvinism    in 2 Peter 2:1 (and Jude 4)

Vers. 1. The people] Namely, of Israel who had received the Law, to direct and guide their lives according to it. Damnable] viz. which leading men away from the foundation of the faith and everlasting life, will cast them down into damnation. Denying] either by a total apostasy, or through want of sincere obedience, Tit. 1:16. That bought them] viz. Who by the price of his blood, which they had professed to be partakers of through Baptism, had gotten the right and title of Lord and master over them, to make them his servants…

John Diodati, Pious and Learned Annotations upon the Holy Bible: Plainly Expounding the most difficult places thereof, 2nd edition (London: Printed by Miles Flesher, for Nicolas Fussels, 1648), 424.

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John Diodati on 2 Peter 3:9

   Posted by: CalvinandCalvinism    in 2 Peter 3:9

Diodati:

V.9 His promise] viz. By which he promised to come, to accomplish the deliverance of those who are is, and the punishment of the wicked. As some men] viz. The scoffers and contemners of God, which have been spoken of, ver. 3. Long-suffering] that is to say, if there be any manner of stay in his coming, as the flesh false conceives, that is not through forgetfulness or slowness, but through patience and to give his Elect time to be converted, and so to make up the number. Not willing] he does not speak of God’s secret and everlasting decree, by which he chooses whom he thinks good, but of the preaching of the Gospel by which all men are invited. The number therefore of the Elect must be made full, before judgement comes. That any] namely of us, or of the Elect, who are is, as we are.

John Diodati, Pious and Learned Annotations upon the Holy Bible: Plainly Expounding the most difficult places thereof, 2nd edition (London: Printed by Miles Flesher, for Nicolas Fussels, 1648), 2 Peter 3:9, p., 426.