A17384:1161
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. 2 Might some one say, What if wicked men be offended, is that such a great misery?
Ans. Yes: for it is many times the occasion of their ruin, for we see many men keep these objections in their hearts till their death, by which they are hardened from all care of salvation by Christ, at the best it is a notable hindrance for the time; it frustrates them of the Gospel, and of the communion of Saints, &c.
Ans. Yes: for it is many times the occasion of their ruine, for wee see many men keepe these obiections in their hearts till their death, by which they are hardned from all care of saluation by Christ, at the best it is a notable hindrance for the time; it frustrates them of the Gospel, and of the communion of Saints, &c.
Use. The use may be first for information: We may hence see, what an infectious sorceress unbelief is: It can make things exceeding good, to prove exceeding evil to them: it can make God, the Word, the Sacraments, & Christ himself (all good) to be occasions of extreme ⟨p. 259⟩evil to him. Wicked men are like spiders, that can suck poison out of the sweetest flowers.
Vse. The vse may bee first for information: We may hence see, what an infectious sorceresse vnbeleefe is: It can make things exceeding good, to proue exceeding euill to them: it can make God, the Word, the Sacraments, & Christ himselfe (all good) to be occasions of extreme ⟨p. 259⟩euill to him. Wicked men are like spiders, that can suck poison out of the sweetest flowers.