A17384:3218
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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Thirdly, it more respecteth GOD, than all the world, or the man himself; and therefore will compel a man to obey against profit, and pleasure, and liking of the world, 2. Cor. 1.12.
Thirdly, it more respecteth GOD, than all the world, or the man himself; and therefore wil compell a man to obey against profit, and pleasure, and liking of the world, 2. Cor. 1.12.
Fourthly, it requires an universal obedience: it would have all God's commandments respected▪ and therefore Paul saith, I desired in all things to live honestly, Heb. 13.18. The allowing of one sin, shows the depravation of the Conscience, if it be a known sin, and still tolerated. As one dead fly will spoil a box of precious ointment; I say, one dead fly: tho many living flies may light upon a box of ointment, and do it no great hurt: So a godly man may have many infirmities, and yet his Conscience be sound: but ⟨p. 777⟩if there be one corruption that lives and dies there, that is, such a corruption as is known and allowed, and doth by custom continue there, it will destroy the soundness of the best Conscience of the World, and doth usually argue a Conscience that is not good.
Fourthly, it requires an vniuersall obedience: it would haue all God's commandements respected▪ and therefore Paul saith, I desired in all things to liue honestly, Heb. 13.18. The allowing of one sinne, shewes the deprauation of the Conscience, if it be a knowne sinne, and still tolerated. As one dead flie will spoyle a boxe of pretious oyntment; I say, one dead flie: tho many liuing flies may light vpon a boxe of oyntment, and doe it no great hurt: So a godly man may haue many infirmities, and yet his Conscience bee sound: but