A17385:1338
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.
1Use 1. For drunkards to beware and take heed, and if it be possible to get out of the snare of the devil; especially let those monsters be warned, 1. that are usually drunk: 2. that take a pride in drinking, Isaiah 28.1. Secondly, for masters of families to restrain these abuses, and to this end, 1. to restrain the liberties of their buttery and cellars: 2. to restrain their v•ry going to drinking houses, or else to cast them out of their houses, Psal. 101. Thirdly, for Church-wardens and Justices of Peace to see the reformation of this, to search and inquire from day to day, and especially to look to the houses that entertain such, else they are guilty of all the drunkenness, and filthiness is committed without punishment. Lastly, if the Lord have kept, any of us from this vice, be thankful, and show our subjection also in the former rules.
1Vse 1. For drunkards to beware and take heed, and if it be possible to get out of the snare of the devill; especially let those monsters be warned, 1. that are usually drunke: 2. that take a pride in drinking, Esay 28.1. Secondly, for masters of families to restraine these abuses, and to this end, 1. to restrain the liberties of their buttery and cellers: 2. to restrain their v•ry going to drinking houses, or else to cast them out of their houses, Psal. 101. Thirdly, for Church-wardens and Justices of Peace to see the reformation of this, to search and inquire from day to day, and especially to looke to the houses that entertaine such, else they are guilty of all the drunkennesse, and filthinesse is committed without punishment. Lastly, if the Lord have kept, any of us from this vice, be thankfull, and shew our subjection also in the former rules.
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