A17385:1443
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.
In particular I consider in these words three things.
1. The evils to be eschewed: viz. lusts, and former lusts. 2. The manner of eschewing: not fashion your selves. 3. The motive: they were the fruits of former ignorance.
For the first I propound three things to be also considered.
1. What those lusts are of our former lives, which are so hateful after calling, and do so oppose the image of God in us. 2. What reasons there are to move us so carefully to preserve our selves against them. 3. What means we should use to be kept from them.
1. What those lusts are of our former lives, which are so hatefull after calling, and doe so oppose the image of God in us. 2. What reasons there are to move us so carefully to preserve our selves against them. 3. What meanes we should use to be kept from them.