A17384:996
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, the persons comforted, viz. you that believe.
First, the persons comforted, viz. you that beleeue.
Secondly, the happiness applied unto them, He is precious.
Secondly, the happinesse applied vnto them, He is precious.
For the first. It is manifest, that the Apostle directs them to look for faith in their hearts, if they would have comfort in God's promises. It is not enough to know, that believers shall be saved, but we must be sure, that men in particular are believers: we must examine our selves whether we be in the faith or no, 2. Cor. 13.5. Which should both reprove and direct. It reproves the great shameful slothfulness of Christians, that suffer the tempter to keep them without the assurance of faith: some have no faith at all; and the better sort live in too much doubtfulness in the point of the assurance of faith. And therefore we should be warned and directed to try our faith, and to make it sure, that we are believers.
For the first. It is manifest, that the Apostle directs them to look for faith in their hearts, if they would haue comfort in God's promises. It is not enough to knowe, that beleeuers shall bee saued, but we must be sure, that men in particular are beleeuers: we must examine our selues whether we be in the faith or no, 2. Cor. 13.5. Which should both reproue and direct. It reprooues the great shamefull slothfulnesse of Christians, that suffer the tempter to keep them without the assurance of faith: some haue no faith at all; and the better sort liue in too much doubtfulnes in the point of the assurance of faith. And therefore we should bee warned and directed to try our faith, and to make it sure, that we are beleeuers.