A17384:2594
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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That the King is supreme, is so manifest by this text, as it needs no proof: Princes are called therefore in the Old Testament, Heads of the Tribes, or of the people: to signify, that they were not only higher in place, but had sovereign and supreme authority over all the people.
That the King is supreme, is so manifest by this text, as it needs no proofe: Princes are called therfore in the Old Testament, Heads of the Tribes, or of the people: to signifie, that they were not onely higher in place, but had soueraigne and supreme authority ouer all the people.
This supremacy of Kings gives them authority in all causes both ecclesiastical and civill, and over all persons, Churchm-en, as well as Lay-men, as hath been proved at large before in the former parts of this verse.
This supremacy of Kings giues them authority in all causes both ecclesiasticall and ciuill, and ouer all persons, Churchm-en, as well as Lay-men, as hath beene proued at large before in the former parts of this verse.
The use is therefore to confute the damnable pleadings of the Popes of Rome, & their adherents, that claim to have the right of supremacy above the Kings and Princes of the world. There are divers manifest arguments to overthrow the supremacy of the Pope.
The vse is therefore to confute the damnable pleadings of the Popes of Rome, & their adherents, that claime to haue the right of supremacy aboue the Kings and Princes of the world. There are diuers manifest arguments to ouerthrowe the supremacy of the Pope.