A17384:3078
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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1For the first. This term Father we shall find in Scripture to be given, first, to such as begat us, Heb. 12.9. Secondly, to Ancestors, Joh. 6.18. Thirdly, to Tutors: so Students are called Children of the Prophets. Fourthly, to such as beget us in respect of grace, as, to our Ministers, 1. Cor. 4.15. Gal. 4.19. Fifthly, to Magistrates, Gen. 41.43. 1. Kings 24.12. Ezra 1.5. Sixthly, to Elders in age, 1. Tim. 5.1. Seventhly, to the Inventors or Authors of any science, art, or trade, Gen. 4.20. Lastly, it is given to masters: so Naaman's servants called him Father, ⟨p. 733⟩2. Kings 5.13. And from hence, masters were wont to be called Patres familias, as Magistrates were called Patres patriae.
1For the first. This tearm Father wee shall finde in Scripture to be giuen, first, to such as begat vs, Heb. 12.9. Secondly, to Ancestors, Ioh. 6.18. Thirdly, to Tutors: so Students are called Children of the Prophets. Fourthly, to such as beget vs in respect of grace, as, to our Ministers, 1. Cor. 4.15.