A17384:98
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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First, to others the Hypocrite is a continual snare: He walks in a net, that converseth with an Hypocrite, Job. 34.30.
First, to others the Hypocrite is a continuall snare: He walkes in a net, that conuerseth with an Hypocrite, Iob. 34.30.
Secondly, to himself the effects of Hypocrisy in the Hypocrite, are both privative and positive. The privative effects which the Scripture instanceth in, are chiefly three. The first is, that the Hypocrite loseth all his service of God; In vain do Hypocrites worship God, Math. 15. Secondly, he infecteth all his gifts and praises: Hypocrisy is like leaven, Luke 12.1. It soureth all gifts and graces; a little of it will mar all his praises and gifts whatsoever for the acceptation and use of them. Thirdly, he loseth all reward of his good works, Math. 6.1. An Hypocrite may do good works, though he never doth them well; and for the good he doth, may have his reward with men, but this is all; for, from God he shall have no reward.
Secondly, to himselfe the effects of Hypocrisie in the Hypocrite, are both priuatiue and positiue. The priuatiue effects which the Scripture instanceth in, are chiefly three. The first is, that the Hypocrite loseth all his seruice of God; In vaine do Hypocrites worship God, Math. 15. Secondly, he infecteth all his gifts and prayses: Hypocrisie is like leauen, Luke 12.1. It sowreth all gifts and graces; a little of it will marre all his prayses and gifts whatsoeuer for the acceptation and vse of them. Thirdly, he loseth all reward of his good workes,