A17384:3113
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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Doct. 2. That God sees and dislikes such faults, as the laws of man take not notice of. If a Master should kill his hired servant, mens laws would take hold of him: but if he be never so froward with him, he may escape mens laws. But though ⟨p. 738⟩the laws of men punish not frowardness, yet God will. So we see in the exposition of Christ given unto divers commandments, Mat. 5. man failed in killing, adultery, purity, &c. not once thinking of anger, lust, filthy speaking, reviling, &c. yet God forbids even these things also: which serves to reprove the folly of such, as justify themselves for very just men, because they offend not the laws of men; but never consider, that God can find a world of faults in them, that mens laws cannot; because God sees the heart, and by his Laws requires obedience of the inward man, and condemns all swerving from the right temper of heart and carriage: And therefore we should all look to our ways, to approve our selves not only to men, but to God, and so to confess the imperfections of mens laws, as to admire the perfection of Gods Word.
Doct. 2. That God sees and dislikes such faults, as the lawes of man take not notice of. If a Master should kill his hired seruant, mens lawes would take hould of him: but if he be neuer so froward with him, he may escape mens lawes. But though ⟨p. 738⟩the lawes of men punish not frowardnes, yet God will. So wee see in the exposition of Christ giuen vnto diuers commandements, Mat. 5. man failed in killing, adultery, purity, &c. not once thinking of anger, lust, filthy speaking, reuiling, &c. yet God forbids euen these things also: which serues to reproue the folly of such, as iustify themselues for very iust men, because they offend not the lawes of men; but neuer consider, that God can finde a world of faults in them, that mens lawes cannot; because God sees the heart, and by his Lawes requires obedience of the inward man, and condemnes all sweruing from the right temper of heart and carriage: And therefore wee should all looke to our waies, to approue our selues not onely to men, but to God, and so to confesse the imperfections of mens lawes, as to admire the perfection of Gods Word.