A17385:1439
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.
One great part of our holiness, and Gods image in us, is to keep our selves free from the lusts of our former ignorance, that is, from the power of such sins as we were specially guilty of before our callings, or are specially hateful in unregenerate men.
One great part of our holinesse, and Gods image in us, is to keep our selves free from the lusts of our former ignorance, that is, from the power of such sins as we were specially guilty of before our callings, or are specially hatefull in unregenerate men.
Before I enter upon the particular opening of the words, in general these things may be observed.
Before I enter upon the particular opening of the words, in generall these things may be observed.
1. That it is a singular dishonour to our holy profession, for such as profess sincerity in their carriage, to relapse into the similitude of carnal men, and to bear again the image of the old Adam, or to fall to the sins again, they have repented of in profession.
1. That it is a singular dishonour to our holy profession, for such as professe sincerity in their carriage, to relapse into the similitude of carnall men, and to beare againe the image of the old Adam, or to fall to the sins againe, they have repented of in profession.