A17384:442
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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Lastly, it should much affect with sorrow and shame, all impenitent sinners, and that in two respects. First, because they have lost their time, and lived without the sense of this sweetness in God, the Apostle, Tit. 3.5. useth this Phrase, The bountifulness of God appeared. The word shined as the sun doth in the rising: which imports, that the world was nothing but darkness, till men found by experience the goodness of God. Secondly, because they have so long offended a nature of such infinite goodness, this will prove a grievous aggravation of their sin and misery. For such a goodness so provoked, will turn into extreme fury: such mercy abused, will be turned into unspeakable fierceness of indignation, as appears, Deut. 29.19, 20. and Rom. 2.4, 5.
Lastly, it should much affect with sorrow and shame, all impenitent sinners, and that in two respects. First, because they haue lost their time, and liued without the sence of this sweetnes in God, the Apostle, Tit. 3.5. vseth this Phrase, The bountifulnes of God appeared. The word shined as the sunne doth in the rising: which imports, that the world was nothing but darknes, till men found by experience the goodnes of God. Secondly, because they haue so long offended a nature of such infinite goodnes, this will proue a grieuous aggr•uation of their sinne and misery. For such a goodnes so prouoked, will turn into extreme fury: such mercy abused, will be turned into vnspeakeable fiercenes of indignation, as appeares, Deut. 29.19, 20. and Rom. 2.4, 5.