A17384:2942
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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Piety to God consists either in knowing of him, or in worshipping of him: and the right knowledge of God, is conceived in the godly, not for contemplations sake only, but for practice, 1. John 2.3, 4. And all the use of our knowledge, in respect of practice toward God, is comprehended in his worship.
Piety to God consists either in knowing of him, or in worshipping of him: and the right knoweledge of God, is conceiued in the godly, not for contemplations sake onely, but for practice, 1. Iohn 2.3, 4. And all the vse of our knowledge, in respect of practice toward God, is comprehended in his worship.
This worship is a religious honour we give to God; I say, religious honour, to distinguish it from that civill honour which in general we give to all men, or in special, to some men, either for their graces, as to the godly, or for their authority, as to Kings and Superiors.
This worship is a religious honour wee giue to God; I say, religious honour, to distinguish it from that ciuill honour which in generall we giue to all men, or in speciall, to some men, either for their graces, as to the godly, or for their authority, as to Kings and Superiours.
This worship of God is either internal, or external. The internal, is the worship of the hart: the external, is the worship of the body. The internal, is the very life and soul of the external; without which, the external is but a dead & contemptible carcass.
This worship of God is either internall, or externall. The internall, is the worship of the hart: the externall, is the worship of the body. The internall, is the very life and soule of the externall; without which, the externall is but a dead & contemptible carcase.