A17385:1462
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.
2. For trial: Art thou grieved for thy daily sins and wants,1 and dost thou fear thou dost sin presumptuously? here thou mayest try thy self by 1. inquiring, whether thou fall to thy old sins or no. 2. whether thou sin with study and deliberation. 3. whether thou admire sin, and accordingly favour it, and delight in it. 4. whether thou take care for it, being vexed if thou be crossed in it, & casting about for all ways to accomplish it. 5. whether thou yield thy self to it, as a servant to obey it, or rather as a child of disobedience to be framed according to it. 6. whether thou refuse to bear arms against it. 7. and lastly, continue in the love of it, though thou be disappointed. For if thou bear arms against it, and art thankful when thou art disappointed, and dost not by covenants yield thy self to it, nor place thy happiness in it, or not sin by deliberation; it is certain thy sins are but of infirmity. But contrariwise, if these things be in thee before condemned, thou sinnest presumptuously. Here also men may try, whether they decline or no after calling.
2. For tryall: Art thou grieved for thy daily sinnes and wants,1 and dost thou foare thou dost sinne presumptuously? here thou mayest try thy selfe by 1. inquiring, whether thou fall to thy old sinnes or no. 2. whether thou sin with study and deliberation. 3. whether thou admire sin, and accordingly favour it, and delight in it. 4. whether thou take care for it, being vexed if thou be crossed in it, & casting about for all waies to accomplish it. 5. whether thou yeeld thy selfe to it, as a servant to obey it, or rather as a childe of disobedience to be framed according to it. 6. whether thou refuse to beare armes against it. 7. and lastly, continue in the love of it, though thou be disappointed. For if thou beare armes against it, and art thankfull when thou art disappointed, and dost not by covenants yeeld thy selfe to it, nor place thy happinesse in it, or not sinne by deliberation; it is certaine thy sinnes are but of infirmity. But contrariwise, if these things be in thee before condemned, thou sinnest presumptuously. Here also men may try, whether they decline or no after calling.
- 1How to know whether one sin presumptuousty or no.