A17384:265
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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2. The Devil, that god of this world, doth mightily labour in this point to keep men from affecting the Gospel. If he cannot hinder men from hearing, then his next work is by all possible endeavours to blind their minds, and mar their tastes, that they may not perceive nor regard the glorious things of God in Christ: 2. Cor. 4.4.
2. The Diuell, that god of this world, doth mightily labour in this point to keepe men from affecting the Gospell. If he cannot hinder men from hearing, then his next worke is by all possible indeuours to blinde their minds, and marre their tastes, that they may not perceiue nor regard the glorious things of God in Christ: 2. Cor. 4.4.
3. Evil company is a wonderful impediment, it causeth perpetually hardness of hart, and carelessness: it keeps the hearts of the wicked men in a continual habitual deadness, and the best men seldom light into profane company but they get some degree of dullness, and deadness of affections by it. Pro. 9.6. Psa. 119.115.
3. Euill company is a wonderfull impediment, it causeth perpetually hardnes of hart, and carelesnes: it keepes the hearts of the wicked men in a continuall habituall deadnes, and the best men seldome light into prophane company but they get some degree of dulnes, and deadnes of affections by it. Pro. 9.6. Psa. 119.115.