A17384:777
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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In one thing we differ from the sacrifices: For the sacrifices were dead, or consisted of things without life; but we must be living sacrifices; we must do what we will do while we are alive, and must do it lively, with the affections that belong to the duties to be done.
In one thing we differ from the sacrifices: For the sacrifices were dead, or consisted of things without life; but wee must be liuing sacrifices; wee must do what we will do while we are aliue, and must do it liuely, with the affections that belong to the duties to be done.
Use. The use may be briefly twofold: for partly it should humble us for our neglect of prayers and thanksgiving, and alms and contrition: We omit the main duties of our general calling, when we omit these: It was the abomination of desolation, when the temple was without sacrifices: and how can it but be exceeding uncomely with Gods spiritual house that hath not sacrifices in it? We are Christians but in name, when piety and mercy is neglected. But especially we should be instructed from hence to mind our work, and to strive to answer our high calling, by a continual care day and night to exercise our selves herein: the smoke of our incense should daily ascend unto God. The Apostle Paul beseecheth the Romans by the mercies of God, to look to their sanctifying, Rom. 12.1. Which shows, it is of wonderful necessity▪ and would make us in ⟨p. 170⟩some measure walk worthy of the Lord. And to the Hebrews he bids them take heed of forgetting these sacrifices, importing that usually our deficiency in these services, are from forgetfulness: we forget to pray, and forget to show mercy, even after we have purposed both.
Vse. The vse may be briefly twofold: for partly it should humble vs for our neglect of praiers and thanksgiuing, and almes and contrition: Wee omit the maine duties of our generall calling, when we omit these: It was the abomination of desolation, when the temple was without sacrifices: and how can it but be exceeding vncomely with Gods spiritual house that hath not sacrifices in it? We are Christians but in name, when pietie and mercy is neglected. But especially we should be instructed from hence to mind our worke, and to striue to answere our high calling, by a continuall care day and night to exercise our selues herein: the smoke of our incense should daily ascend vnto God. The Apostle Paul beseecheth the Romans by the mercies of God, to look to their sanctifying,