A17384:3085
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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1First, by avoiding such sins as are contrary to the will and commandment of God in their general life; such as are, swearing, lying, slandering, hatred of the godly, drunkenness, whoredom, and the like, Psalm 101.3, 4, 5.
1First, by auoiding such sinnes as are contrary to the will and commandement of God in their generall life; such as are, swearing, lying, slandering, hatred of the godly, drunkennesse, whoredome, and the like, Psalm 101.3, 4, 5.
- 1How many ways servants show the fear of God in their callings.How many waies seruants shew the feare of God in their callings.
Secondly, by carefulness to do God service, as well as their masters; not only by spending the Sabbath in the duties of Religion, but in redeeming the time in the week-days (as may be without hindrance of their work, or offence to their masters) to employ themselves in prayer, reading, conference, &c. and the reason is, because as servants must do their masters work as they are servants: so they stand bound, in the common obligation, to do God's service as they are men; and no man but is subject to the Law of God; who hath given all his Commandments to servants, as well as to masters.
Secondly, by carefulnesse to doo God seruice, as well as their masters; not onely by spending the Sabbath in the duties of Religion, but in redeeming the time in the week-daies (as may be without hindrance of their work, or offense to their masters) to imploy themselues in praier, reading, conference, &c. and the reason is, because as seruants must doo their masters work as they are seruants: so they stand bound, in the common obligation, to do God's seruice as they are men; and no man but is subiect to the Law of God; who hath giuen all his Commandements to seruants, as well as to masters.