A17384:3698
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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Use 1. The use should be for great comfort to the godly, when they are distressed, they may and ought to look up to Christ and say, If it be good for me, my Saviour will heal me; and the rather, because Christ is such a compassionate Physician, and hath had the feeling of our infirmities and pains that way: and besides, he is such a Physician, as can do two things, that never Physician could do: For first, he can take away the first causes of diseases, which is sin, which no Physic can do, Math. 9. Secondly, he can cure our bodies, when they are stark dead, which never any Physician could do: they may help some living bodies, but they could never help one dead body: Yea such as find not cure for the pains of the body, should be of good comfort, because they should have had cure of it, if it had been good for them; and they must consider, it is the Lord that doth it, Psalm 39. and that all shall work together for the best, Romans 8. and that nothing can separate them from the love of Christ; and that they are delivered from eternal pain; and that Gods dear children have suffered as great torments or weaknesses.
Vse 1. The vse should bee for great comfort to the godly, when they are distressed, they may and ought to looke vp to Christ and say, If it bee good for mee, my Sauiour wil heale me; and the rather, because Christ is such a compassionate Physician, and hath had the feeling of our infirmities and paines that way: and besides, hee is such a Physician, as can doe two things, that neuer Physician could doe: For first, hee can take away the first causes of diseases, which is sinne, which no Physick can doe, Math. 9. Secondly, hee can cure our bodies, when they are starke dead, which neuer any Physician could doe: they may helpe some liuing bodies, but they could neuer helpe one dead body: Yea such as finde not cure for the paines of the body, should bee of good comfort, because they should haue had cure of it, if it had beene good for them; and they must consider, it is the Lord that doth it, Psalme 39. and that all shall worke together for the best,