A17385:1272
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.
The things to which he doth exhort are three.
1. The first concerns the renovation of the mind: gird up the loins of your mind. 2. The second concerns the moderation of life, Be sober. 3. The third the confirmation of hope, Trust perfectly, &c.
1. The first concernes the renovation of the minde: gird up the loines of your minde. 2. The second concernes the moderation of life, Be sober. 3. The third the confirmation of hope, Trust perfectly, &c.
The reasons are six, taken 1. From the image of God, ver. 14, 15, 16. 2. From the judgement of God, ver. 17. 3. From the redemption in Christ, ver. 18. to 22. 4. From the relation to the godly, ver. 22. 5. From the immortality of the soul, ver. 23. 6. From the immortality of the body, ver. 24, 25.
The reasons are sixe, taken 1. From the image of God, ver. 14, 15, 16. 2. From the judgement of God, ver. 17. 3. From the redemption in Christ, ver. 18. to 22. 4. From the relation to the godly, ver. 22. 5. From the immortality of the soule, ver. 23. 6. From the immortality of the body, ver. 24, 25.