A17384:348
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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Milk.] This is a metaphor. Sometimes by milk is meant a man that is godly cast into affliction; by which, God strains all the moats of corruption from him, while his heart is poured out like milk with grief and fear. Thus Job saith of himself, GOD had strained him out like milk, Job 10. verse 10. Sometimes by milk is meant the rudiments of religion, the principles and grounds of Catechism: and so it differeth from strong meat: so it is taken, Heb. 5.12. 1. Cor. 3.2. Sometimes it signifieth the word of God in general, which is given to the Church for nourishment of their souls to eternal life: and so it is taken here; as, in Isaiah 55.1. the word is called both milk, and wine, and water; and, in other places, honey. It is honey, for the sweetness of it. It is wine, for the power it hath to revive and refresh the spirit of man, and make his heart glad. It is water, for cooling and quenching of his spiritual thirst: and it is milk for nourishment. It doth more for nursing up mans soul, than the milk of the breast can for the bodies of infants.
Milk.] This is a metaphor. Sometimes by milk is meant a man that is godly cast into affliction; by which, God strains all the moats of corruption from him, while his heart is poured out like milk with grief and fear. Thus Iob saith of himself, GOD had strained him out like milk, Iob 10. verse 10. Sometimes by milk is meant the rudiments of religion, the principles and grounds of Catechism: and so it differeth from strong meat: so it is taken, Heb. 5.12. 1. Cor. 3.2. Sometimes it signifieth the word of God in generall, which is giuen to the Church for nourishment of their soules to eternall life: and so it is taken heer; as, in Esay 55.1. the word is called both milk, and wine, and water; and, in other places, hony. It is hony, for the sweetnes of it. It is wine, for the power it hath to reuiue and refresh the spirit of man, and make his heart glad. It is water, for cooling and quenching of his spirituall thirst: and it is milk for nourishment. It doth more for nursing vp mans soule, than the milk of the breast can for the bodies of infants.