A17384:679
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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The third thing then we must do, that we might extract virtue out of Christ for holiness of life, is, We must be built up; which imports two things. First progression in faith: and secondly, repentance. We must not begin only, and lay the foundation, but we must still labour to be built up further, we must still be edified in our most holy faith, Jude 20. verse.
The third thing then wee must doe, that wee might extract vertue out of Christ for holiness of life, is, We must be built vp; which imports two things. First progression in faith: and secondly, repentance. We must not begin onely, and lay the foundation, but wee must still labour to bee built vp further, wee must still bee edified in our most holy faith, Iude 20. verse.
Now, that this may be attained unto, that we may be built up, the similitude imports divers things.
Now, that this may be attained vnto, that wee may bee built vp, the similitude imports diuers things.
1First, preparation. A man, that will go about the work of godliness, must think he goes about the building of a town, and therefore must cast up his accounts for the charge of it, and get his stuff prepared before hand.2
1First, preparation. A man, that will goe about the work of godliness, must think he goes about the building of a towne, and therefore must cast vp his accounts for the charge of it, and get his stuffe prepared before hand.