A17384:3120
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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First, they must become fools, that they may be wise:1 they must begin the cure at the denial of themselves, and their vain conceits. For if they trust to their own discretion, and natural gifts, they will never mend: For natural gifts can never ⟨p. 742⟩make that which is crooked, straight, Eccles. 1.15.
First, they must become fooles, that they may bee wise:1 they must begin the cure at the deniall of themselues, and their vaine conceits. For if they trust to their owne discretion, and naturall gifts, they will neuer mend: For naturall gifts can neuer ⟨p. 742⟩make that which is crooked, streight, Eccles. 1.15.
- 1Helps against frowardness.Helpes against frowardnesse.
Secondly, they must strive to breed in their hearts the sound fear of God, and his displeasure for their frowardness. For the fear of God will take down their pride, and cause them to abhor all peevish and froward ways, Prou. 8.13.
Secondly, they must striue to breed in their hearts the sound feare of God, and his displeasure for their frowardnes. For the feare of God will take downe their pride, and cause them to abhor all peeuish and froward waies,