A17384:1045
A commentary
A commentary: or, sermons upon the second chapter of the first epistle of Saint Peter wherein method, sense, doctrine, and use, is, with great variety of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of divinity largely discussed. By Nicholas Byfield, late preacher of God's Word at Isle-worth in Middlesex.A commentary: or, sermons vpon the second chapter of the first epistle of Saint Peter vvherein method, sense, doctrine, and vse, is, with great variety of matter, profitably handled; and sundry heads of diuinity largely discussed. By Nicholas Byfield, late preacher of God's Word at Isle-worth in Middlesex.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623
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Ninthly, it is yet more, that thou hast been so far from reforming thine own life, that thou hast scorned and reproached the good conversation of the godly, thou hast spoken evil of the good way of God.
Ninthly, it is yet more, that thou hast beene so farre from reforming thine owne life, that thou hast scorned and reproched the good conuersation of the godly, thou hast spoken euill of the good way of God.
Thus and many other ways may the sinner charge his own heart, and thereby prepare himself to return to the Lord, while there is yet ⟨p. 234⟩hope. For if thou wouldest return with all thy heart, and take unto thee words, and confess thy sins, and pray for forgiveness, and mourn before the Lord, and turn away from thy own wickedness; the Lord would show mercy, and the obedience of Christ would heal thy disobedience, and God would love thee freely, and the blood of Christ would cleanse thee from all thy sins, Hosh. 14. Isaiah 55.7. 1. Joh. 1.7. and while it is yet to day, the Lord sendeth to thee, and beseecheth thee to be reconciled, 2. Cor. 5.19, 21. Consider, that God hath been with thee all this while, having sent many others to hell for their sins, and there is hope of forgiveness: the Lord hath received great offenders to mercy, as the Israelites, that often fell away from him, Judges 10. and Mary Magdalene, and Peter, and David, and the thief upon the Cross: Consider, that God hath offered thee thy pardon in the Sacrament: Fear the Lord therefore and his goodness, and return with all thine heart, and iniquity shall not be thy ruin.
Thus and many other wayes may the sinner charge his owne heart, and thereby prepare himselfe to returne to the Lord, while there is yet