A17384:684
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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Fourthly, a respect of things necessary: we must not be entangled with unnecessary and doubtful disputations. The building of a Christian must be a silver palace. He must build gold, silver, precious stones, he must keep his hart to choice and necessary things, Cant. 8.9. 1. Cor. 3. 1. Timoth. 1.4.
Fourthly, a respect of things necessary: wee must not bee intangled with vnnecessary and doubtfull disputations. The building of a Christian must be a siluer palace. He must build gold, siluer, precious stones, hee must keep his hart to choice and necessary things, Cant. 8.9. 1. Cor. 3. 1. Timoth. 1.4.
Fifthly, Counsel and Direction. Men must endure the hewing, and squaring, 1. Kings 5.17, 18. To this end are Ministers given, Eph. 4.12. The Word is able to build us up, Acts 20.32. and so good conference may edify, or much edifieth, Ephesians 4.29.
Fiftly, Counsell and Direction. Men must endure the hewing, and squaring, 1. Kings 5.17, 18. To this end are Ministers giuen,