A commentary

Name: A commentary
Author: Nicholas Byfield

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.

Nicholas Byfield 1579–1622London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for George Latham, 1623

[16], 922, [6] p. · 245k words · STC 4211 · ESTC S107078

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AN EXPOSITION of the Second Chapter of the first Epistle general o… › Verse 5. Ye also, as lively stones, be made a spiritual house, an…: Verse 5. Ye also, as lively stones, be made a spiritual house, an holy Priest-hood, to…AN EXPOSITION of the Second Chapter of the first Epistle generall o… › Verse 5. Ye also, as liuely stones, be made a spirituall house, an…: Verse 5. Ye also, as liuely stones, be made a spirituall house, an holy Priest-hood, to…

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Sixthly, because we profess our selves to be consecrate to God as living sacrifices, Rom. 12.1.

Sixtly, because wee professe our selues to bee consecrate to God as liuing sacrifices, Rom. 12.1.

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Seventhly, because we have such excellent privileges: we partake of the divine Nature, and God is a living God; and we have precious promises, 2. Pet. 1.4. and we have plentiful adoption in Christ, and we have a hope of a most glorious inheritance, which should alway put life into us, 1. Pet. 1.3, 4. and we have a secure estate in the mean time. For to live, is Christ: and to die, is gain, and whether we live or die, we are Christs, Rom. 14.8. Phil. 1.21.

Seuenthly, because we haue such excellent priuiledges: we partake of the diuine Nature, and God is a liuing God; and we haue precious promises, 2. Pet. 1.4. and we haue plentifull adoption in Christ, and we haue a hope of a most glorious inheritance, which should alway put life into vs, 1. Pet. 1.3, 4. and we haue a secure estate in the mean time. For to liue, is Christ: and to die, is gaine, and whether we liue or die, we are Christs, Rom. 14.8. Phil. 1.21

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