A17385:1388
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.
It is true, that some read it, the grace that is brought in the revelation of Jesus Christ: and so it means that true grace which in this world the Elect do ⟨p. 110⟩receive, when Christ is revealed to them in their conversion to God by the mighty power of the Gospel: and so four things might be observed:
It is true, that some reade it, the grace that is brought in the revelation of Iesus Christ: and so it meanes that true grace which in this world the Elect doe ⟨p. 110⟩receive, when Christ is revealed to them in their conversion to God by the mighty power of the Gospell: and so foure things might be observed:
1. That God revealeth his Son in all that shall be saved at some time of their life or other.
1. That God revealeth his Sonne in all that shall be saved at some time of their life or other.
2. That Christ is never revealed in us till the time the grace of the sanctifying Spirit be wrought in us, and the riches of Gods graces in his promises be declared to us. For there is a double grace in the revelation of Christ. 1 The declaration of Gods grace in his promises. 2. The possession of the graces of his holy Spirit.