A17384:999
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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Quest. What is it to be a true believer?
Quest. What is it to be a true beleeuer?
1Ans. It is, To embrace with our hearts the reconciliation and salvation which by Christ is purchased for us, and by the Gospel is offered to us. Now, that this point, being of such singular weight, may be clearly understood, I will break it open into particulars, or into particular parts or steppes of judgement and practice in the believer.
1Ans. It is, To imbrace with our hearts the reconciliation and saluation which by Christ is purchased for vs, and by the Gospell is offred to vs. Now, that this point, being of such singular waight, may be cleerly vnderstood, I will break it open into particulars, or into particular parts or steppes of iudgement and practice in the beleeuer.
- 1What it is to believe, and in how many things it is seen.What it is to beleeue, and in how many things it is seen.
First, he must acknowledge, that by nature he ⟨p. 223⟩stands bound to observe all the moral Law.
First, he must acknowledge, that by nature he ⟨p. 223⟩