A17384:2435
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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Thirdly; all good Christians should be persuaded to make conscience of this submission, and to that end they should be at the pains to study this Doctrine, and withal pray to God to direct them and keep them in his fear and obedience herein: and besides, they should be sure that they meddle not with the changers, or with the seditious, Pro. 24.22.
Thirdly; all good Christians should bee perswaded to make conscience of this submission, and to that end they should bee at the paines to studie this Doctrine, and withall pray to God to direct them and keepe them in his feare and obedience herein: and besides, they should be sure that they meddle not with the changers, or with the seditious, Pro. 24.22.
Yourselves.]
Yourselues.]
These words may note either the manner of our submission, or the matter: the manner, thus, Submit your selves: that is, yield obedience uncompelled, do it of your selves, stay not till you be forced to do it: and so the Apostle should thereby import, that our submission even to men should be performed willingly, and so we should willingly and cheerfully obey their laws, honour and defend their persons, pray for them to God, yield them tribute; yea, we should without murmuring submit our selves to their punishments, yea, cheerfully bear their injuries; and so it removes grudging and force from our submission. But I rather understand the words to note the matter to be submitted, & that is our selves, not our goods only for tribute or custom, but our persons also must be at the Princes service, our very bodies must be submitted