A17384:1100
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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Fifthly, when men fall away from the grace of Christ, and so joy with the Jews, as it were to crucify the Son of God afresh, Hebr. 6. and 10. And so he is also refused, when in time of persecution he is denied before men: Thus Peter refused him, when he denied him.
Fiftly, when men fall away from the grace of Christ, and so ioy with the Iewes, as it were to crucifie the Sonne of God afresh, Hebr. 6. and 10. And so hee is also refused, when in time of persecution he is denied before men: Thus Peter refused him, when hee denied him.
Sixthly, when his servants are rejected: and so either in general, when Christians are exposed to public scorn, & made as it were the off-scouring of all things; or in particular, when his Ministers are despised. For he that despiseth them, despiseth him, &c.
Sixtly, when his seruants are reiected: and so either in general, when Christians are exposed to publik scorne, & made as it were the off-scouring of all things; or in particular, when his Ministers are despised. For hee that despiseth them, despiseth him, &c.
Quest. But how do the builders, that is, Church-men, refuse Christ?
Quest. But how doe the builders, that is, Church-men, refuse Christ?