A17385:1222
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 in general: now in particular there are four things to be considered of.
Thus in generall: now in particular there are foure things to be considered of.
1. What these Angels are. 2. What account God makes of them. 3. What affection they bear to men, in that they are said to desire, &c. 4. What their knowledge is, in that they are said to look into, &c.
1. What these Angels are. 2. What account God makes of them. 3. What affection they beare to men, in that they are said to desire, &c. 4. What their knowledge is, in that they are said to looke into, &c.
1. Now for the first you must understand, that all creatures are of one of t•e•e three sorts. 1. Invisible. 2. Visible. 3. Both visible and invisible. Man is both visible in respect of his body, and invisible in respect of his soul. The heaven▪ and earth▪ and seas, and beasts, and fowls, &c. are visible: the invisible creatures are these Angels.
1. Now for the first you must understand, that all creatures are of one of t•e•e three sorts. 1. Invisible. 2. Visible. 3. Both visible and invisible. Man is both visible in respect of his body, and invisible in respect of his soule. The heaven▪ and earth and seas, and beasts, and foules, &c. are visible: the invisible creatures are these Angels.