A commentary

Name: A commentary
Author: Nicholas Byfield

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.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623

[16], 922, [6] p. · 245k words · STC 4211 · ESTC S107078

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AN EXPOSITION of the Second Chapter of the first Epistle general o… › Verses 9, and 10. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal Priest…: Verses 9, and 10. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal Priest hood, an holy Nation…AN EXPOSITION of the Second Chapter of the first Epistle generall o… › Verses 9, and 10. But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priest…: Verses 9, and 10. But yee are a chosen generation, a royall Priest hood, an holy Nation…

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But, chiefly, the Godly excel for holiness, if we respect the holiness,

But, chiefly, the Godly excell for holinesse, if we respect the holinesse,

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First, of justification: they are holy by the imputation of the perfect holiness of Christ, and so are they as holy as ever was Adam in Paradise, or the Angels in heaven.

First, of justification: they are holy by the imputation of the perfect holinesse of Christ, and so are they as holy as euer was Adam in Paradise, or the Angels in heauen.

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Secondly, of sanctification: they have holiness in their natures, and they practise holiness too: and thus they are holy in heart, and by inchoation. They have grace in all parts, though not in all degrees, & they are not destitute of any saving or heavenly gift, 1. Cor. 9.11. And this kind ⟨p. 305⟩of holiness must not be slighted or meanly accounted of: for, first, it is a holiness wrought by the holy Ghost. Secondly, it is presented to God by the intercession of Christ; whereby all imperfections are covered. And thirdly, it is acknowledged in the covenant of grace, which admits of uprightness and sincerity in stead of perfection, which in the other covenants were required.

Secondly, of sanctification: they haue holinesse in their natures, and they practise holinesse too: and thus they are holy in heart, and by inchoation. They haue grace in all parts, though not in all degrees, & they are not destitute of any sauing or heauenly gift,

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