A17384:3222
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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Thus of the signs.
Thus of the signes.
The benefits of a good Conscience are many and great: for,
First,1 it is the best companion a man hath all the days of his life: It is ever with him, and speaks good unto him, and comforts him. A man that hath no company, needs not be alone; for, he may converse, with much delight, with his own Conscience, and it is the surest friend a man can have: For, it will neither hurt him by flattery, nor forsake him for any carnal respects, and being an internal agent, is out of the watch of all outward hindrances, and is always a messenger of good things to a man, and fits him, and fills him ⟨p. 778⟩with peace, that passeth all the understanding of all men that want a good Conscience.
First,1 it is the best companion a man hath all the dayes of his life: It is euer with him, and speakes good vnto him, and comforts him. A man that hath no company, needes not be alone; for, hee may conuerse, with much delight, with his owne Conscience, and it is the surest friend a man can haue: For, it will neither hurt him by flattery, nor forsake him for any carnall respects, and being an internall agent, is out of the watch of all outward hindrances, and is alwaies a messenger of good things to a man, and fits him, and fills him ⟨p. 778⟩