A17384:766
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, There must be an Altar to consecrate the gifts, Math. 23.19. This Altar is Christ, who is the only Altar of Christians, Heb. 13.10. Revel. 8.3. No service can be acceptable to God, but as the Apostle here saith, by Jesus Christ: We must do all in the name of Christ, Col. 3.17.
Fourthly, There must bee an Altar to consecrate the gifts, Math. 23.19. This Altar is Christ, who is the onely Altar of Christians, Heb. 13.10. Reuel. 8.3. No seruice can be acceptable to God, but as the Apostle heere saith, by Iesus Christ: We must doe all in the name of Christ, Col. 3.17.
Fifthly, there must be fire to burn the sacrifice: This fire is holy zeal, and the power and fervency of the spirit in doing good duties: The fire on the Altar first came down from heaven, to signify, that true zeal is kindled in heaven, and comes down from above: It is no ordinary humour, nor a rash fury: It is no wild fire: And it was required about this fire, that they should preserve it, and never let it go out, but put fuel still to it; and so it was kept for many years: so must we do with our zeal, we must labour by all means to preserve the fervency of our hearts, that we never want fire to burn our sacrifices: Our zeal should be, as the love mentioned, Can. 7.10. that much water could not quench it: Every sacrifice must have fire,