A17384:2540
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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Seventhly, the like is to be said of such persons as take offence out of envy or malice, as the man in the Parable, that envied Christ's bounty; or the Pharisees, that out of malice were offended at Christ, Mat. 20.15. Mat. 15.14. 1. Pet. 2.8.
Seuenthly, the like is to be said of such persons as take offense out of enuy or malice, as the man in the Parable, that enuied Christ's bounty; or the Pharises, that out of malice were offended at Christ, Mat. 20.15. Mat. 15.14. 1. Pet. 2.8.
Eighthly, that in things that have proved scandalous, yet we are not bound to lose our liberty, till the weak brother declare his offence. Meat sacrificed to idols, was offensive to many in all countries: yet the Apostle's rule is, Eat, and make no question, unless one say, This is meat sacrificed to idols, 1. Cor. 10.25, 28.
Eightthly, that in things that haue proued scandalous, yet wee are not bound to lose our liberty, till the weak brother declare his offense. Meat sacrificed to idols, was offensiue to many in all countries: yet the Apostle's rule is, Eat, and make no question, vnlesse one say, This is meat sacrificed to idols, 1. Cor. 10.25, 28.