A17384:1157
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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Quest. Might some one say, What should men be offended at in Christ?
Quest. Might some one say, What should men bee offended at in Christ?
The Jews were offended:1 1. At the vileness of his person,2 or his mean condition ▪ 2. At the poverty and simplicity of his disciples. 3. At the obscurity of his Kingdom, being without worldly pomp and glory. 4. At his conversation, because he kept company with sinners. 5. At his doctrine: partly, because ⟨p. 258⟩he reproved their superstition, and hypocrisy, and the traditions of their fathers, and partly because he taught, that Justification could not be had by Moses Law, but must be sought by believing in him, as also by other particular directions; as, that man must eat of his flesh; that he was the Son of God; that he was older then Abraham, &c. Lastly, at his miracles: for they thought, he did it by some Devil.
The Iews were offended:1 1. At the vilenesse of his person,2 or his mean cōditiō ▪ 2. At the pouerty and simplicity of his disciples. 3. At the obscurity of his Kingdome, being without worldly pompe and glory. 4. At his conuersation, because he kept cōpany with sinners. 5. At his doctrine: partly, because ⟨p. 258⟩he reproued their superstition, and hypocrisie, and the traditions of their fathers, and partly because hee taught, that Iustification could not bee had by Moses Law, but must bee sought by beleeuing in him, as also by other particular directions; as, that man must eat of his flesh; that he was the Sonne of God; that hee was older then Abraham, &c. Lastly, at his miracles: for they thought, hee did it by some Diuell.