A17384:3088
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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Fourthly, by praying for their masters, and for the good success of their labours for their masters commodity: thus Abraham's servant is commended for his practice of the fear of God, and left for an example to all servants to do likewise, Genes. 24.
Fourthly, by praying for their masters, and for the good successe of their labours for their masters commodity: thus Abraham's seruant is commended for his practice of the feare of God, and left for an example to all seruants to doo likewise, Genes. 24.
Fifthly, by doing their masters work without eye-service, being as careful and as diligent when ⟨p. 735⟩their masters are absent, as when they are present; as remembering, that the Lord sees them, though their masters do not, Col. 3.22.
Fiftly, by dooing their masters work without eye-seruice, being as carefull and as diligent when ⟨p. 735⟩their masters are absent, as when they are present; as remembring, that the Lord sees them, though their masters doo not, Col. 3.22.
The fear, then, toward their masters, they may show divers ways.