A17384:1105
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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Secondly, when in preaching they preach themselves, & not Christ crucified, leaving the word of Christ, to show their own wit & learning, &c.
Secondly, whē in preaching they preach themselues, & not Christ crucefied, leauing the word of Christ, to shew their owne wit & learning, &c.
Thirdly, when they oppose the sincerity of the Gospel, in the conversion of the souls of men, or in the practice of godly Christians.
Thirdly, when they oppose the sincerity of the Gospel, in the conuersion of the soules of men, or in the practice of godly Christians.
Fourthly, when they teach the Doctrine of merit of works, or prefer the traditions of men before the commandments of God, as did the Pharisees.
Fourthly, when they teach the Doctrine of merit of works, or preferre the traditions of men before the commandements of God, as did the Pharises.
Use. The use of this Doctrine concerning the refusing of Christ may be divers, for