A17384:822
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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Some supply the name of Christ, and so they say, Christ containeth, that is, excelleth, as the word may signify: He is had fully and excellently in Scripture, and in particular in this testimony of Scripture.
Some supply the name of Christ, and so they say, Christ containeth, that is, excelleth, as the word may signifie: Hee is had fully and excellently in Scripture, and in particular in this testimonie of Scripture.
The word rendered (Contained) signifies sometimes barely to be had; sometimes to be possessed, as Luke 5.9. They were possessed with fear. And so we possess a great treasure in Scripture, when we have such Testimonies as these.
The word rendred (Contained) signifies sometimes barely to bee had; sometimes to bee possessed, as Luke 5.9. They were possessed with fear. And so we possesse a great treasure in Scripture, when wee haue such Testimonies as these.
There is a Noun derived of this Verb, which is thought by the exactest Divines, to mean a special Section, or portion; and when it is applied to a place in Scripture, it signifies such a Scripture as is divided from the rest, as a principal matter either to be meditated of, or expounded. Such was that special portion of Scripture, which the Eunuch had to meditate of, and Philip expounded to him, Acts 8.32. where the word is used. And so whether the word be used actively or passively, it commends unto us this place of Scripture, and withal shows us a way, how to enrich our selves, namely by singling out such choice places throughout the Scripture as may most fittingly furnish our thoughts for meditation in the main matters of Religion.