A17384:2960
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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And for eternal things: there is a book of revelation to such as fear God, where God keeps the records of them, and all the good they say, or do, Mal. 3.16. and at the day of Judgement they shall have a great reward, Revel. 11.18. Great are the privileges of such as fear God in this life: but ⟨p. 707⟩who is able to express, how great the goodness is (as the Psalmist saith) which God hath laid up for them that fear him, Psal. 31.19. And if it should so fall out, that God should not see it •it to give us any great estates in this world: yet a little is better with the fear of God, then great treasures, and those troubles therewith, which the sin of man, or the wrath of God will bring in with them.
And for eternall things: there is a booke of reuelation to such as feare God, where God keepes the records of them, and all the good they say, or doe, Mal. 3.16. and at the day of Iudgement they shall haue a great reward, Reuel. 11.18. Great are the priuiledges of such as feare God in this life: but ⟨p. 707⟩who is able to expresse, how great the goodnes is (as the Psalmist saith) which God hath laid vp for them that feare him, Psal. 31.19. And if it should so fall out, that God should not see it •it to giue vs any great estates in this world: yet a little is better with the feare of God, then great treasures, and those troubles therewith, which the sinne of man, or the wrath of God will bring in with them.