A17385:1450
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.
11. The love of worldliness, and the love of earthly things: the relapsing to the desire after earthly things, when it is immoderate. It is a most lamentable thing to see a Christian that professeth the assurance of a better life, lie digging like a mole in the earth, &c. Eph. •.3, 4. Jer 46. 2. The lusts of envy, strife, and malice, 1 Cor. 3.3. Rom. 13.13. 3. The lusts of vain-glory and conceitedness, Gal. 5.24, 25, 26. 4. The lusts of uncleanness and impurity, Rom. 13.13. Col. 3.5. 5. The lust of Epicurism, viz. the desire to fare deliciously, and to wear dainty apparel. This was Dives his lust, Luke 16. 6. The lust of the eye, 1 Joh. 2.16.
11. The love of worldlinesse, and the love of earthly things: the relapsing to the desire after earthly things, when it is immoderate. It is a most lamentable thing to see a Christian that professeth the assurance of a better life, lie digging like a mole in the earth, &c. Eph. •.3, 4. Ier 46. 2. The lusts of envie, strife, and malice, 1 Cor. 3.3. Rom. 13.13. 3. The lusts of vaine-glory and conceitednesse, Gal. 5.24, 25, 26. 4. The lusts of uncleannesse and impurity, Rom. 13.13.