A17385:1194
A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle general of St.…A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle generall of St.…
A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle general of St. Peter Wherein are most judiciously and profitably handled such points of doctrine as naturally flow from the text. Together with a very useful application thereof: and many good rules for a godly life. By Nicholas Byfield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex. To which is now newly added an alphabetical table, not formerly published.A commentary upon the three first chapters of the first Epistle generall of St. Peter VVherin are most judiciously and profitably handled such points of doctrine as naturally flow from the text. Together with a very usefull application thereof: and many good rules for a godly life. By Nicholas Byfield preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex. To which is now newly added an alphabeticall table, not formerly published.
London: printed by Miles Flesher and Robert Young, 1637
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.
Thus of the less principal: The most principal cause is the holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
Thus of the lesse principall: The most principall cause is the holy Ghost sent downe from heaven.
By the holy Ghost sent down from heaven.
By the holy Ghost sent downe from heaven.
The meaning is, to affirm that the things propounded in the Gospel are the more eminent, because they were effected by the very holy Ghost.
The meaning is, to affirme that the things propounded in the Gospell are the more eminent, because they were effected by the very holy Ghost.
This that is here ••id, that the holy Ghost was sent from heaven, was first and principally fulfilled in the days of the Apostles, and chiefly then also in the day of Pentecost, as is showed in the second of the Acts.