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A BRIEFE ANALYSIS
of the Second Epistle Generall of
Saint <g>PETER</g>.
CHAP. I.
Verse 1. Simon Peter, a Servant; and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousnesse of God, and of our Saviour Iesus Christ.
Verse 2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.
The Analysis.
Such kinde of writings, as well Ethnick or profane,
as sacred, are usually divided into three
parts, whereof the first is, the Superscription,
Salutation, and Preface. 2. The Epistle it
selfe. 3. The Subscription or Conclusion.
But more accurately me thinks, we may say,
that the preface and conclusion are only adjuncts of the Epistle,
which depend upon the Epistle it selfe, and are also usefull
thereunto. But in this Epistle only one of these adjuncts
is used, namely, the Preface. For there is no subscription
made, or any such conclusion, as is used in the Epistles of
Paul, and in the first of Peter. The Preface is contained in
foure verses, and it consists of two parts, a salutation, and a
confirmation of the salutation: that in the two first, this in
