A17385:1322
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.
1. Here it is a part of our sobriety. 2. Nothing is required of us more then what is required of all that fear God, and is observed by many that might stand upon it as well as we. 3. We are forbidden to fashion our selves according to this world, Rom. 12.2. 4. Vanity here is an occasion of contempt: it doth not make us the better thought on, but the worse: how shall I believe that he hath not vanity in his heart, that is clothed with it on his back? 5. God will scourge us even for our clothes, Zeph. 1. Isaiah 3. 6. Our apparel is the fruit of our sin; and shall the thief be proud of his halter? 7. Vain apparel begets in us pride, vain thoughts, lust, and many inconveniences, especially if we persist in it against our conscience. 8. Sobriety in apparel is a singular praise, an alluring virtue.
1. Here it is a part of our sobriety. 2. Nothing is required of us more then what is required of all that feare God, and is observed by many that might stand upon it as well as we. 3. Wee are forbidden to fashion our selves according to this world, Rom. 12.2. 4. Vanity here is an occasion of contempt: it doth not make us the better thought on, but the worse: how shall I beleeve that he hath not vanity in his heart, that is clothed with it on his back? 5. God will scourge us even for our clothes,